EDITORIAL: Airport executives’ travel deserves scrutiny
The lavishness of the trips smacks of a culture of indulgence and raises questions about whether airport CEO John Clark III is making the best use of his time.
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Airport execs’ globetrotting sparks scrutiny
Indianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark and two key officers spent more than $67,000 last year on travel that included extended business trips to Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Morocco and Switzerland.
Airport spending millions to protect rare bats
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board has approved a $504,872, two-year contract with Indiana State University to study the federally endangered Myotis sodalis, which brings to $2.5 million what the airport has paid ISU since 2004 to track and observe the minuscule mammals.
Indianapolis Regional Airport to handle heavier ‘birds’
Airport Authority OKs runway extension at Hancock County facility, fueling competition with Hamilton County's Executive Airport.
Airport begins taking stock of Super Bowl’s business impact
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.
Talks start on developing ‘airport city’ to boost region
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is moving ahead with plans to build an “airport city” centered on its property, but not without buy-in from the surrounding communities.
Excess land at Fishers airport will be turned over to farming
The town’s leaders had envisioned the Indianapolis Airport Authority property being developed to add to the tax base.
Indy airport helping city make strong first impressions
The Indianapolis International Airport Authority and Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee know impressions begin when people arrive in the city and continue to be formed when they depart.
Airport authority board president stepping down
Indianapolis Airport Authority Board President Michael Stayton is resigning despite having two years left on his contract, saying that he wants to spend more time with his family.
FedEx launches Indianapolis-Mexico route
Government OKs cargo flights to Guadalajara industrial hub.
Airport gas station could fuel retail in proposed complex
Restaurants, a medical clinic and even a dog kennel are ripe for consideration on an 11-acre airport site slated for a gas station. Airport officials have asked for proposals from developers by Oct. 25.
Artist complains about removal of public art from Indy airport
Local artist James Wille Faust is crying foul over a decision to replace his $150,000 work with advertising at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Key exec behind Indy airport expansion retires
Robert A. Duncan nudged the door closed this week on his office at the Indianapolis Airport Authority and retired after a career at the center of one of the largest, long-term civic developments in the city's history.
Mount Comfort Airport takes on new moniker
1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
Indianapolis airport plan plays up money-making logistics
Growing cargo and logistics business overshadows such titillating concepts as solar farm, recreation campus.
Airport could land $63M annually from land redevelopment
A consultant’s long-term land-use plan approved Friday morning by the Indianapolis Airport Authority recommends expected uses such as cargo and logistics, and offbeat uses such as construction of a solar-energy farm.
Incentives, long-term leases urged for airport development
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board on Friday is set to approve a long-term land-use plan that will help steer future development in and around Indianapolis International Airport and its five smaller fields for decades to come.
Airport consultant presents long-term land-use plan
Much-hyped study won’t portend immediate investment, but will help steer development on and around airport through 2040.
Airport Authority to auction castoffs
Forget a ribbon-wrapped Lexus for the holidays when you can land a deal on an aircraft tow tractor or an aerial boom lift.
Indianapolis air traffic rises
Double-digit growth by low-cost carriers helped overall boardings at Indianapolis International Airport increase in October.