A Cincinnati-based company that fought a legal battle with the Indianapolis Airport Authority over construction of an off-site parking facility has acquired its largest local private competitor and plans to close its lot.
Indianapolis International Airport officials agreed Friday to unload Giorgio’s and two Cold Stone Creamerys in favor of three new food vendors. They also considered several tough tweaks to the facility’s smoking ban.
Airport officials plan to remove the canopy completely before discussing a more permanent solution with contractors.
E Solutions Inc. makes systems that allow de-icing crews to adjust their mix of water and the chemical glycol, which costs $9 to $14 per gallon.
Indianapolis International Airport officials are looking for a way to cut their sewage-treatment bill, which topped $1 million last year because of the large volume of de-icing chemical that ends up in retention ponds.
Airport director Scott Hinderman said the increase in passengers shows Fort Wayne's airfares are becoming more competitive with other airports in the region, such as Indianapolis.
Comlux America LLC has furloughed 79 of its employees and says it is "probable" those workers will be permanently laid off by the end of the month.
Airport spokesman Carlo Bertolini said about 100 arriving and departing flights were canceled in Indianapolis on Sunday because of the weather.
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 will have the first enrollment site for an expedited screening program that allows airline passengers to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belts, and keep laptop computers in cases at security checkpoints.
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.
A proposed membership-based airline that had hoped for a 2013 launch has signed up lots of members but has yet to pull in the big investors it needs to put its own plane in the sky.
The contract John Clark had for business development work and to oversee the Gary airport’s $166 million expansion project expired last week.
Two gambling-industry lawyers see untapped potential in Indianapolis International Airport, which they argue is the ideal place to roll out wireless gambling technology and rake in revenue to support more nonstop flights, like the one United Airlines will launch in January to San Francisco.
The nonstop connection to Silicon Valley that Indianapolis’ tech community has been clamoring for is here, but a leading advocate for the service said it doesn’t meet his industry’s needs.
Gov. Mike Pence and executives from United Airlines on Wednesday formally announced that Indianapolis will receive nonstop daily service to San Francisco starting in January. IBJ first reported plans for the service last week.
Airport officials announced Wednesday that the convenience store and 24-pump gas station are scheduled to open in mid-September, followed by two fast-food restaurants opening later this year.
The daily flights, which are expected to begin on Jan. 7, will fulfill a longtime wish of local tech firms eager for more direct access to the West Coast and Silicon Valley.
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.
