Leonard Hoops is the third CEO of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association in three years—not ideal in an industry where it often takes three to five years to consummate a deal and as long as a decade to plan and build infrastructure
1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
The state nicknamed the "Crossroads of America" wants to become a preferred landing spot for cargo planes, but industry leaders say Indiana could have a tough time attracting flights from neighboring states because many airports are competing for the same business and freight companies are resistant to change.
Since opening in late 2008, the midfield terminal and related structures at Indianapolis International Airport have required more than $2.5 million in fixes—not counting last month’s collapse of a canopy above the parking garage.
The airline quietly ceased service from here after starting $59, nonstop flights last September to the Ozarks entertainment bastion.
Growing cargo and logistics business overshadows such titillating concepts as solar farm, recreation campus.
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.
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.
The collapse is being blamed on ice and snow that accumulated on the canopy, sending chunks crashing into the garage’s atrium. Six parked rental cars were damaged, but nobody was hurt.
Much-hyped study won’t portend immediate investment, but will help steer development on and around airport through 2040.
Forget a ribbon-wrapped Lexus for the holidays when you can land a deal on an aircraft tow tractor or an aerial boom lift.
Not all success stories are flashy. Witness the quiet resurrection of the former United Airlines maintenance facility at Indianapolis International Airport.
The federal government’s latest, more-intrusive airport screening measures appear more useful in finding drugs and wads of cash than tools of terror, a review of Indianapolis Airport Police records suggests.
Moody’s said the airport has a diversified mix of carriers and cargo operations, little competition from other airports, and a stable market area.
Seven years ago, United Airlines abandoned the 1.7-million-square-foot aircraft repair base that once employed 3,000 people. Today, the mall-sized complex is humming and is essentially fully occupied.
Some smaller airports have excess cargo capacity.
Double-digit growth by low-cost carriers helped overall boardings at Indianapolis International Airport increase in October.
New business from Delta Air Lines is increasing demand for workers at the aircraft repair center at Indianapolis International Airport.
First nonstop scheduled cargo flights from China are a milestone for Indianapolis International Airport and could attract companies that rely on ready access to Asia.
Revenue is uneven between the two concourses in the new midfield terminal, but overall sales nevertheless are outpacing growth in passenger traffic.
