Airport contractor Indianapolis Aviation seeks approval for auto-dealership group to occupy hangar at Metro Airport in Fishers.

Airport's new hires include Gov. Mitch Daniels' chief legal counsel and a former Simon Property Group senior vice president.

Congress may determine long-term fate of FedEx's Indianapolis cargo hub, where about 4,500 work.

The new work was delayed by 16 months because the artist's New Orleans home and studio were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority's plan for the next "30 to 50 years" starts with a team tapped Friday morning. Five firms will study ways to use airport property, including the former passenger terminal.

A survey by J.D. Power and Associates has Indianapolis International Airport tops among 64 major airports in the country when it comes to overall passenger satisfaction.

Indianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark revealed Tuesday evening that he is ready to proceed with a plan that could transform the former terminal site into a hub for urban development.

The expanded service shuttling air travelers and airport workers to and from Indianapolis International Airport began Feb. 3, to the newly opened Fairfield Inn & Suites at West and Washington streets.

Idea for old terminal calls for more deliberative planning of development in and around Indianapolis International to make airport more of an economic development hub.

Bird strikes remain a threat—statistically more so than a Nigerian terrorist with a bomb in his BVDs—at Indianapolis International Airport. There were 37 bird strikes reported at the airport in 2009, five involving damage or temporary grounding of an aircraft.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority hired John D. Clark III as CEO, luring him away from Jacksonville Florida.

Indianapolis has fared better than some airports in terms of declining revenue, with passengers down about 10 percent for much of the year and revenue off 16 percent at one point.

Indianapolis' new $1.1 billion airport terminal faces at least two nagging functionality issues: inadequate protection during inclement weather at the second-level passenger drop-off platform and sunlight that floods the ticket lobby, making computer screens hard to read.

One of the first things new airport CEO John Clark said he wanted to do was to squeeze more use—and revenue—out of the new airport terminal’s Civic Plaza space.

Concessionaires at Indianapolis International Airport are asking the Airport Authority for relief from a policy that requires them to price their goods at a level consistent with what consumers pay at non-airport retailers. We agree the airport shops need a break.

Entertainment planned for December could put airport visitors in a spending mood. Retail sales at the terminal have suffered this year due in part to a 10 percent drop in passenger traffic, prompting the Airport Authority to search for ways to boost revenue.

Airport concessionaires stung by a 10-percent drop in passenger traffic have asked the Indianapolis Airport Authority to ease a policy that was implemented more than 10 years ago to keep prices in line with what consumers pay outside the airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the problem was fixed about 10 a.m. Thursday, but it was unclear how long flights would continue to be delayed. Dozens of flights to Indianapolis International Airport have been affected.

In its Nov. 2 issue, IBJ published a Bloomington reader’s Viewpoint regarding the new terminal at Indianapolis International Airport. It was both uninformed and misleading.

Locally based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. on Tuesday afternoon said it still might bring jobs to Indianapolis as part of the digestion of its newly acquired Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines subsidiaries. But it looks like Milwaukee has wound up as the biggest beneficiary.

As an all-too-frequent flier, I’ve had a chance to get the full-love experience of the new airport terminal numerous times in its first year. The summary is that it’s both tolerable, and I have no choice.

Hendricks County's moves to entice a developer to build a conference hotel in Plainfield could further crimp plans for a hotel attached to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal.

The cash-strapped Indianapolis Airport Authority suddenly can’t look soon enough at developing some of its vast real estate holdings, including the city’s former passenger terminal. This month, it plans to conduct final contract negotiations with a firm that would study reuse of the old terminal, adjacent land and other airport holdings.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority agreed at its monthly meeting this morning to explore turning over management of the airport’s parking operations to an outside company.

Locally based Republic Airways Holdings, which earlier this month said it could move up to 400 jobs gained through its Frontier Airlines acquisition to Indianapolis or Milwaukee, has hinted it may move nearly twice that number to its headquarters city.