Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville will reopen its main runway Saturday after a $4.3 million resurfacing project paid for with federal stimulus funds, the airport announced today. It’s the first U.S. airport to benefit from stimulus money, said officials from Montgomery Aviation, which runs the airport. Resurfacing of the 5,300-foot runway resulted in a 45-day […]
Indianapolis International Airport, already suffering from a 10-percent drop in passenger traffic and a projected $15 million revenue shortfall this year, is also feeling financial drag from its single most important tenant. FedEx Express cargo shipments, which amount to about half of the $25 million in airfield fees generated at the airport, fell 16 percent […]
The Blue Angels flew into Indianapolis this morning. The Navy’s world-famous stunt pilots are in town for a weekend performance at the Indianapolis Air Show, which begins tomorrow at the Mount Comfort Airport and runs through Sunday.
Indianapolis International Airport officials are facing a budget shortfall because of fewer flights at the same time they have higher costs from the new terminal that opened last year. Officials expect revenue to be $15 million less than planned this year but that the airport has enough cash reserves to cover the shortfall. Flight traffic […]
A group of eighth grade girls from a local charter school spent all day Friday learning about real estate and developing plans for reuse of…
Indianapolis International Airport area Center offers accommodations for air travelers facing layovers Eventually, additional rail transit corridors would be built, radiating in other directions from downtown. One concept, by Jessica Coleman, plays off the idea that a transit line might someday run between downtown and Indianapolis International Airport. She proposes a transit stop community northeast […]
Another $4.4 million in economic recovery funds are going to four airports in Indiana, with about half of the amount going to repair a taxiway at Mount Comfort Airport, about 10 miles east of Indianapolis. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the Federal Aviation Administration will provide $2.2 million to Mount Comfort. Another $1 million […]
International airports in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne will each receive about $1.3 million in federal economic recovery funds. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday the money will help create jobs while “investing in the long-term safety and economic vitality of our airports.” The Federal Aviation Administration will provide $1.33 million to Indianapolis International for […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is planning improvements to Gordon Graham Field in Hendricks County, including a runway extension and a second terminal.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has tapped the head of Jacksonville, Fla.’s airport authority as its new executive director and CEO. John D. Clark III also serves as chairman of the Airports Council International North America, the primary trade group for airports. He appointment will be effective April 13, pending formal approval at the March 20 […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has tapped the head of Jacksonville, Fla.’s airport authority as its new executive director and CEO. John D. Clark III also serves as chairman of the Airports Council International North America, the primary trade group for airports. Clark will replace John Kish, who will head the redevelopment of a municipal stadium […]
A new French Lick Airport terminal designed to serve a growing number of travelers to southern Indiana’s Springs Valley will be nearly five times the size of the current facility built more than 40 years ago. “It kind of had fallen on bad times and is not the image we like to project as we […]
Indianapolis International Airport cleaned up at the Airport Revenue News’ 2009 Best Concession Awards Feb. 15 in Orlando,
Fla.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has fired back against a Hebron, Ky.-based contractor that alleged in a lawsuit last December
that the airport operator failed to pay in full on a $14.7 million contract to build aircraft parking spaces.
The recession, coupled with personnel shifts, have grounded the more than $50-million hotel project adjacent to the new terminal.
Plans for a 250-room hotel connected to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal are in the deep freeze as the lodging industry contends with vacancies at a 20-year high. Just when the project might be revived is difficult to say. One thing is certain; the hotel won’t be open in 2009 as planned-and 2010 is […]
Indianapolis Airport Authority honcho John J. Kish is flying south, leaving his current position in April to oversee development of an arena in downtown Evansville. The Evansville Redevelopment Commission voted to hire him yesterday. Kish, 54, oversaw construction of the airport’s $1.1 billion midfield terminal project, which opened in November. Before becoming executive director of […]
Indianapolis Airport Authority honcho John J. Kish is flying south, leaving his current position in April to oversee development of an arena in downtown Evansville. The Evansville Redevelopment Commission voted to hire him yesterday. Kish, 54, oversaw construction of the airport’s $1.1 billion midfield terminal project, which opened in November. Before becoming executive director of […]
The $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium opened in August, just in time for the Indianapolis Colts’ season. Indianapolis International Airport’s $1.1 billion midfield
terminal, meanwhile, took off in November.
For our final airport dining excursion—the fourth in this month’s series—we step into Concourse B, home to
American, Southwest, United, USAir and more.
