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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: Air Transportation Industry, Boeing Co., Transportation, British Airways Plc, Southwest Airlines Co.
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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: Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co., BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Concourse
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First phase of $100 million BWI upgrade opens to passengers
The future of BWI Marshall Airport can be seen in the new sweeping terminal roofline that hints of something big, the panorama of glass that gives street-side passengers a view of arriving jets and a cavernous security checkpoint with nine stations and...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, American Airlines, Inc., Spirit Airlines, Ellicott City, URS Corporation
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Southwest fined for late, incomplete action on consumer complaints
Southwest Airlines was fined $150,000 Wednesday for failing to respond to consumer complaints in a timely fashion, the Department of Transportation announced. Federal enforcement officers found that the Dallas-based airline did not answer "a large...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Fines, Punishment, Southwest Airlines Co., BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Southwest posts lower first-quarter profit on record revenue
Higher airfares and lower fuel prices combined to give Southwest Airlines $59 million in first-quarter net profits, or 8 cents a share, beating Wall Street's predictions. The Dallas-based airline's earnings fell 40 percent from $98 million, or 13...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Gary C. Kelly, Trips and Vacations, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Southwest offers four new cities from BWI
Southwest offers flights to four new cities from BWI Southwest Airlines is now operating flights from Baltimore to four new cities as it continues its integration of subsidiary AirTran Airways. As of April 14, passengers can book flights on the...
Tags: Caribbean Islands, Southwest Airlines Co., BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Fort Lauderdale
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Travelers report long lines at BWI as spring break kicks off
Frustrated travelers reported long lines at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday morning, as crowds jammed into terminals on their way out of town as local schools prepared to let out for spring break. The delays...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Security Administration, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Transportation Industry, Concourse
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Traveling weather or not
Winter skiing, springtime on the links, summer sailing and autumn leaf-peeping — the weather forecast is the driving force behind the planning of many vacations. But when it comes to predicting the weather, WBAL meteorologist Tony Pann takes it all...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Spring Training, Golf, Rentals, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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BWI sets passenger record for 2012; overseas travel increases
For the third consecutive year, BWI Marshall Airport set a record for commercial passenger traffic, with 22.68 million travelers passing through its terminal in 2012, airport officials announced. The 1.3 percent increase over 2011 comes during a time of...
Tags: Spirit Airlines, Transportation, Trips and Vacations, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Concourse
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Celebrity traveler: A Raven in Paradise
Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones just isn't going to stop running anytime soon. Certainly not while adding to his single-season career highs in tackles and sacks. And definitely not while keeping up with his younger brothers: Jon "Bones" Jones,...Tags: New England Patriots, Football, Amusement and Theme Parks, Apple iPod, Arthur Jones
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Southwest, union ask federal mediator to assist stalled contract talks
Southwest Airlines and the union representing its 8,500 ground employees have asked the National Mediation Board to jump start contract talks after 14 months of negotiations failed to produce an deal. Transport Workers Union Local 555 called the...
Tags: Unions, Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co., BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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Thanksgiving airfare bargain hunters must look even earlier this year
With Labor Day still a few weeks away, the time to make Thanksgiving travel plans seems as far off as the Curiosity rover.
This year, however, if you snooze, you lose.
Airfares are climbing with no leveling-off in sight. The cheapest fares likely are...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Spirit Airlines, Labor Day, Holidays, New York City
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