Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Air Transportation Industry published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 5773
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-482
Next >
-
FAA begins planning for new control tower at BWI
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun preliminary planning for a new air traffic control tower at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Replacing the existing three-decade-old tower, a new one would provide a more...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, Concourse
-
Anne Arundel's longtime top prosecutor closes the case
He's come out on top in six contested elections as a Democrat in an increasingly conservative county, and has withstood criticism that he's both too soft and too tough, appeased minorities and disappointed minorities, said too little and said too much....
Tags: Defendants, Minority Groups, Martin O'Malley, Elections, Witnesses
-
Southwest, BWI aim for international flights
Southwest Airlines and BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport are talking about adding overseas flights, perhaps as early as 2015. "International is going to grow at BWI, and it's going to grow with Southwest," said Paul Wiedefeld, the airport's executive...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Transportation, Boeing Co., BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Air Transportation
-
Book fuels fascination with airplane wrecks
I have always been fascinated with shipwrecks, the granddaddy being the Titanic, followed by the Andrea Doria, and the nether world where they dwell, tragic relics frozen in time. Wrecked airplanes also do it for me. I remember looking at an issue of...
Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Petroleum Industry, Lebanon
-
Temporary checkpoint closures set this week at BWI
Security checkpoints at the two busiest concourses at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will be temporarily closed at separate times this week to allow for construction, officials said. The two checkpoints serve airline gates for Southwest Airlines and its...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Concourse, Southwest Airlines Co., AirTran
-
New police commander no stranger to Towson
Even though he's barely been in charge of the Towson precinct for a week, Capt. Richard Howard is no stranger to operations there. When Howard was working most recently in the community resources division at Baltimore County Police headquarters on Joppa...
Tags: Armed Forces, Conservation, Towson, Dwayne Johnson
-
Airline baggage and reservation change fees hit record, but you can avoid them
As you shop for airfare for your summer vacation, don’t overlook the cost of fees for bags or changing a reservation that can add quite a bit to your travel bill. Airlines collected a record $6.1 billion last year in these fees, according to the...
Tags: Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co.
-
Amateur airplane builders aren't deterred by fatal crash
Wings stood off to one side. The propeller lay in a carton. But the main part of Carl Kesselring's pet project was clearly recognizable as an airplane in progress. "I don't have fear of getting in an airplane," he said, standing in a hangar in...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Federal Aviation Administration, Air and Space Accidents, Medical Research, Transportation Industry
-
The sequester gives Obama one more chance to blow it
In President Barack Obama's running argument with the Republicans in Congress over who's responsible for the legislative stalemate on Capitol Hill, he suffers self-inflicted wounds by continuing to run up the same white flag that undermined his own...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Finance, U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, Layoffs and Downsizing
-
Five Md. air traffic towers will remain open
Five air traffic control towers in Maryland that are part of 149 "low activity" towers nationwide will remain open through the end of the September, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The towers, including those at Martin State...
Tags: Baltimore County, U.S. Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
-
Only an incompetent government would resort to a tactic like the sequester
The government's handling of the sequester is a perfect example of how inept it is ("Lawmakers ease airline delays," April 27). A business would lay off employees who are not essential to its operations. The government lays off the air traffic...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Pikesville
Jun 19, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 9, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 8, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jun 2, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 21, 2013
|Story| Patuxent Homestead
May 17, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 13, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 10, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 7, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 2, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Air Transportation Industry topic gallery.
