Airport News - North America.Oct 30, 2006 Several busy airports request Registered Traveler The Registered Traveler Pilot Program is an airline passenger security assessment system that was tested in the United States air travel industry in 2005. It was used in several U.S. program. Ten busy U.S. airports have asked the Transportation Security Administration if they can start Registered Traveler programs. However, some airports that have applied have not decided whether to start the Registered Traveler program, including Baltimore/Washington and Washington, D.C.'s Dulles and Reagan. The TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). must approve the airports and the companies that enroll passengers. Oct 25, 2006 FAA rehires hundreds of controllers fired by Reagan. The FAA has hired back hundreds of air traffic controllers who were fired by President Ronald Reagan more than 25 years ago. Nearly all of the controllers will have to requalify to begin work because they have not directed air traffic since 1981. Oct 24, 2006 Laptop policies concern some business travelers. Some business travelers worry that customs officials will seize and scrutinize scru·ti·nize tr.v. scru·ti·nized, scru·ti·niz·ing, scru·ti·niz·es To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically. scru their laptop computers at immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. checkpoints. The Association of Corporate Travel Executives | The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) is a not-for-profit professional association of business travel stakeholders throughout the world. The ACTE purpose is to advance the interests of the business travel industry, to promote industry networking is asking the government for better guidelines on laptops so corporations can re-evaluate their policies on traveling with proprietary information. Oct 24, 2006 Atlanta airport Atlanta repaving project leads to flight delays. Runway repaving projects at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have delayed at least 5% of the flights in and out of the airport since Sept. 8. Poor weather and an increase in traffic have contributed to the problem, airport officials say. Oct 23, 2006 Baltimore, British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. BWI BWI abbr. British West Indies should have informed lawmakers of BA subsidy, audit says. The agency overseeing BWI should have told lawmakers that it paid British Airways an annual subsidy of $5.5 million to keep flying from the airport, an audit said. The Maryland Aviation Administration now owes the airline $3.4 million in state funds. Observers say subsidy agreements are common at airports. Oct 26, 2006 JetBlue, AirTran, Stewart International Airport Stewart International Airport (IATA: SWF, ICAO: KSWF) is located near Newburgh, New York, in the southern Hudson Valley, 55 miles (88.5 km) north of New York City. JetBlue, AirTran to serve New York's Stewart International. Two carriers plan to launch service from Stewart International Airport, near Newburgh, N.Y., 60 miles north of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . JetBlue is expected to announce flights from the airport soon, and AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from plans to start service from Stewart in January. The new service will provide fliers with an alternative to metro New York's three major airports. Oct 25, 2006 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Los Angeles opens temporary lounges. LAX has demolished the 16 airline lounges at the Tom Bradley Noun 1. Tom Bradley - United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) Bradley, Thomas Bradley International Terminal as part of a major renovation of the 22-year-old structure. But frequent fliers who are used to the clubs' comforts can take heart. Earlier this month, the airport opened a temporary lounge for first-class passengers and a second temporary lounge for business-class fliers. Passengers of all 33 airlines that fly from the Bradley terminal may use them. The first-class lounge, a 4,000-square-foot facility, is on the mezzanine level Mezzanine level The period in a company's development just before it goes public. . To get to the 16,000-square-foot business-class lounge, travelers have to get on a shuttle bus from the terminal and travel 300 yards to a separate building. The lounges feature the usual array of amenities that customers have come to expect: wireless Internet, food and drink and comfortable chairs. Oct 23, 2006 Los Angeles Los Angeles temporary lounges arrangement will last until May, when the airport will reopen renovated lounges. They will be consolidated into four new lounges, including one each for loyal fliers of airlines in the major marketing alliances: OneWorld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam. The fourth lounge will be for customers of the airlines that don't belong to any of the three marketing alliances. The four lounges, at 47,000 square feet combined, will be 72% larger than the space used for the 16 closed lounges, says Joe McGlynn of Laxtec, an organization that represents the airlines at the airport. LAX is spending $576 million to overhaul the 1-million-square-foot Bradley terminal. Expected to be completed by March 2010, it's one of the largest projects in the airport's history. Oct 23, 2006 Miami airport Cost of Miami airport expansion grows more than 20%. Higher construction expenses will push the cost of Miami International Airport's expansion plan up by $1 billion, airport officials say. Most of the increase from the original $5.2 billion price is to cover rising material and labor costs for the North Terminal, scheduled for completion in 2010. Oct 27, 2006 US Airways, Philadelphia Airport US Airways aims to solve baggage problems. US Airways plans to hire 200 baggage handlers and 60 managers at Philadelphia International Airport to improve baggage service. The airline has also changed its staffing system to make sure it has enough workers to handle bags from incoming fights. "It is the No. 1 focus of this organization," US Airways President Scott Kirby says. "I think we're going to ultimately get it fixed." 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