Car detailing, oil changes added to Indianapolis International Airport’s repertoire
Such “value added” services are a key part of the airport’s strategy, said John Clark, CEO of the Indianapolis
Airport Authority.
Such “value added” services are a key part of the airport’s strategy, said John Clark, CEO of the Indianapolis
Airport Authority.
An initiative to bring 10 of the biggest travel tour operators in the United Kingdom to this year’s Indianapolis 500 could
be a first step in bolstering business at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, area golf courses and Indianapolis International
Airport, where city boosters hope to establish direct flights to London.
Hotel occupancy rates in the last two years have plunged nationally and locally to levels not seen in decades, putting a number
of hotels at or near the financial breaking point. But relief finally appears to be on the way.
At Indianapolis International Airport, United accounts for 7.2 percent of passenger traffic and Continental accounts for
5.8 percent, a total of 13 percent, according to March figures from the airport.
General Hotels Corp. will manage five more hotels in Indiana and Ohio.
US Airways is struggling to explain how a checked bag ended up in a retention pond 24 miles southeast of the Indianapolis
International Airport. Passenger David Dever said he waited in baggage claim Sunday night until he could wait no more. He
took a taxi home, because his car keys were in the missing luggage. The next day, his bag was found in a retention pond at
the Sundance Apartments off Southport Road. Dever said a couple of children's gifts from his trip to New York City were
missing, as well as a pair of running shoes. Airport police and US Airways are investigating.
Replacing the existing Wishard Memorial Hospital is so critical to the well-being of the sickly construction sector that one
industry official likens the project to a "lifeline."
Too few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
Mexico is in the throes of a violent lawlessness that is spilling over into the United States. Dealing with this is neither
racist nor unconstitutional.
Basic city
services in Indianapolis are ignored, sold to others or poorly dealt with.
You know you should back up your data for redundancy. But you can’t back up an entire airline industry. That’s
a lesson we learned recently when a volcano with the cat-crossing-the-keyboard name of “Eyjafjallajökull”
exhaled tons of volcanic dust into the clear skies over Europe and brought aviation worldwide almost to a literal grinding
halt.
INDOT plans to put a traffic signal on a well-known west-side shortcut from Interstate 465 southbound to I-70 East, a move
stemming from the rebuilding of Sam Jones Expressway.
Faced with a $3.2 million budget shortfall, IndyGo proposes the elimination of the Airport Express route, the Route 87 Eastside
Circulator and the IndyGo Commuter Express to Carmel and Fishers.
Companies in the health care supply chain need to engage in more strategic, long-term preparation even as the industry faces
uncertainties and upheaval, MIT expert tells local conference attendees.
Dora operates more than 20 hotels, including five in downtown Indianapolis and two adjacent to Indianapolis International
Airport.
Indianapolis International Airport sees first rise in passenger traffic in almost three years.
In the past few years, a handful of cold storage facilities have sprouted locally by playing to Indianapolis' strengths
in warehousing and life sciences.
CEO Deborah Hearn Smith said the move will eventually bring a cost savings, but it has other benefits.
The highlight of the trip: the inspiring ice fields of Ilulissat.
Some have suggested moving it west, through less-populated Morgan County, to tie into Interstate 70 near Indianapolis International
Airport.