The Indianapolis Airport Authority reviewed some big proposals for the 125-acre site from industrial developers and others, but instead waited for a true economic development deal that could help transform the city’s west side.
As vendor contracts expire at Indianapolis International Airport—and a slew of them lapse at the end of 2018, a decade after the terminal’s opening—officials are embarking on a project to freshen up the offerings.
The new netting will replace a system installed in 2009 after birds began roosting under the terminal’s front roof overhang, creating unsanitary conditions for visitors at ground level.
Officials are mulling designs for revamping sections of the Indianapolis International Airport, with an emphasis on a more natural feel, clearer signage and moving stores closer to the gates.
A vote on a proposal to build a $500 million medical complex at Indianapolis International Airport has been delayed so the board can take another look at the plan. The delay was announced after an IBJ story raised questions about the track record of the executive behind the plan.
The top executive at an Indianapolis start-up that wants to build a $500 million medical complex at the Indianapolis International Airport launched a 200-location Dunkin' Donuts business that went bankrupt in 2009 and he filed for personal bankruptcy in 2013.
An Indiana native, Cook was a decorated fighter pilot in World War I who settled in Indianapolis and was instrumental in creating the city’s first principal airport, Indianapolis Municipal Airport, opened in 1931.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has sued oil giant BP over its alleged refusal to continue making $187,872 annual payments on a long-term lease for a service station.
Indianapolis International Airport has lost a third of its passenger flights since early 2005 while inflation-adjusted airfares here have risen 23 percent.
The airport has hosted in the last few years about a dozen shoots, for everything from magazine covers to television commercials to pilots for short films.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority claims Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America failed to pay it all the money it is owed following a steel-beam collapse during construction of the midfield terminal.
The terminal's four concourses and other structures built between 1954 and 1987 are all expected to be cleared by year's end.
The works in the main ticketing hall and concourse B are on display through Aug. 4.
The Indianapolis International Airport will boost revenue with a new deal with its valet-parking provider and lease payments from a second 75-acre solar farm.
Taking down the old passenger terminal at Indianapolis International Airport could cost half as much as anticipated. The airport authority board voted Friday to approve all but one of the recommended contracts.
A new feature is being added to the controversial LED screen installed more than a year ago, and the concourses will get new non-video art.
Amid rising ticket prices, passenger boardings fell by 2.2 percent last year, to 3.68 million. That’s a low not seen since 2003, according to airport records.
New agreements with airlines, presence of FedEx contribute to improving financial picture.
A long-awaited gas station at Indianapolis International Airport is to open by the middle of next year. Plans call for the facility to include a fast-food restaurant, service bay and car wash.
The Super Bowl generated more than $1 million in merchandise sales at Indianapolis International Airport and brought 528 additional aircraft to the facility and its regional reliever airports.
