Category Archive: Airports

Pittsburgh key to plans for new PEOPLExpress- Pittsburgh Business Times

The original PEOPLExpress operated out of CLE in the 1980's.  Photo:  Chris Jacobs - OPShots Contributor

In the heyday of PEOPLExpress in the mid-1980s, the airline counted Pittsburgh as one of 18 cities along the East Coast that it served with its discounts and no-frills service.PEOPLExpress linked Pittsburgh with its home base in Newark, N.J., where it was headquartered until it was absorbed… Read more

Youngstown-Warren Airport contemplating name change – Tribune Chronicle

An Allegiant Airways MD-82 departs Youngstown-Warren in June 2010.  Photo:  Harry Gaydosz - OPShots Contributor

VIENNA – Northeast Ohio Regional Airport is favored by 36 percent of people responding to a survey about changing the name of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.Noting that 63 percent overall favored a name change, YNGAir Partners President Doug Kibby said Monday the results “speak for… Read more

Delta announces massive LaGuardia expansion with 29 new destinations – ajc.com

A Delta Air Lines 767 lands at LaGuardia in 2005.  Photo: Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. - OPShots.net

Delta Air Lines Inc. plans a massive flight expansion out of New York’s LaGuardia airport, hoping to improve its competitive edge against its two biggest rivals in one of the nation’s most important air travel markets. Delta said Friday that the additions make it the biggest airline between… Read more

Runway 10/28 reopens at Hopkins with new EMAS safety technology – WTAM 1100

This United 737 sits on runway 10/28 prior to starring in the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the reopening of  the runway.  Photo:  Ed Jones - OPShots.net

(Cleveland) – An innovative new system aimed at saving lives is now in operation at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held today on Runway 10-28 to inaugurate EMAS, or the Emergency Materials Arresting System. Airport Director Ricky Smith says, built… Read more

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