Republic CEO Bryan Bedford told investors that crew-related flight cancellations rose throughout the first quarter and continued at a high level in April and May. The labor shortage will reduce revenue by an estimated $15 million this year, the company said.
The Dallas-based carrier continues to bulk up its Indianapolis presence. It debuted nonstop service to Dallas in April, and will start service to Boston and Los Angeles next month.
Startup OneJet flies six-passenger Hawker 400s between medium-size cities like Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.
OneJet, which debuted flights to Milwaukee in April, said it will begin flying to Pittsburgh next month. No other carriers offer nonstop service to those destinations.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is seeking master developers for almost 550 acres, including a large open parcel of land with frontage on Interstate 465 and several parcels facing West Washington Street.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority could spend up to $6.5 million designing and building what it hopes is a solution to a parking garage canopy that has failed twice in four years.
Denison Partners has agreed to buy a one-acre parcel near the southwest corner of Interstate 70 and State Road 267, and Browning plans to buy 11.7 acres near the southwest corner of Washington Street and Ronald Reagan Parkway, an airport spokesperson said.
A new company that allows travelers to book flights on corporate jets will debut commercial service with flights from Indianapolis next month.
Food sales accounted for nearly two-thirds of $40 million in concession sales at the airport last year.
Southwest Airlines on Thursday announced the addition of nonstop flights to Dallas from 10 cities, including Indianapolis.
Low-cost carrier Allegiant, which used to stick to the smallest, most underserved airports on the map, is branching out to medium-size cities like Indianapolis.
AeroRepair Corp., a Londonderry, New Hampshire-based aircraft maintenance service provider, is set to receive incentives from the state in return for creating 27 jobs in Indianapolis.
Allegiant Air said Tuesday morning that it will begin offering nonstop flights from Indianapolis International Airport to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beginning April 8. The announcement is the latest from Allegiant in recent months regarding flights from Indianapolis.
Outside contractors may take over the positions at 28 airports, including those serving Indianapolis, Atlanta and St. Louis, a United spokesman said.
Contractors have finished bringing online dozens of acres of solar panels at Indianapolis International Airport.
Low-cost carrier Southwest is deliberately wooing the corporate crowd with its recently announced nonstop flights from Indy to Los Angeles and Boston.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has approved a letter of intent to sell 80 acres to a local developer. It also reached a 10-year extension of its lease agreement with aircraft maintenance services company AAR.
Southwest will depart Indianapolis International Airport for Los Angeles once daily, and there will be two flights every day to Boston, the airline announced Wednesday.
Southwest Airlines workers picketed and handed out leaflets to passengers in Indianapolis, Denver and 14 other airports across the country Tuesday
The 1,212 acres slated for disposal are valued at $83 million and could generate annual tax revenue of $1.7 million, according to the airport’s own estimates.
