International cargo and passenger traffic in Houston soars
The month of May brought impressive gains in passenger and cargo traffic for Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport. The combined passenger traffic at both airports increased by 7.2 percent so far this year and freight tonnage has climbed by 5.4 percent. In the first five months of 2006 almost 1.3 million passengers were added to the rolls of IAH travelers, an increase of 8.5 percent. Hobby’s passengers were up by 3.3 percent. Houston’s international passenger traffic posted its usual impressive traffic growth. In particular passenger traffic to Central and South America. Read Story
Hobby Airport rated number one in customer service
The verdict is in. Passengers across the country have selected William P. Hobby Airport as the number one airport in the country for customer satisfaction. Houston’s second-largest airport was selected, this year, as the top-pick among travelers in the United States who were surveyed by J.D. Power and Associates for an Aviation Week traveler satisfaction report. Read Story
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Cargoitalia kicks off air service to Houston
In wasn’t a matter of debate for Cargoitalia. When the Italian all-cargo carrier sat down to decide where in the United States it wanted to begin service, Houston was the first destination of choice. That’s why, this month, the all-cargo carrier inaugurated two weekly flights between Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport and Milan, Italy. The airline in effect is the first Italian all-cargo carrier to operate out of Houston. Read Story
JetBlue Airways launches new service at Hobby
Touting their “industry-leading legroom” JetBlue Airways announced this week that beginning in September they will operate three daily flights between Houston Hobby and New York’s JFK airport. This is the New York carrier’s second venture into the Texas market and comes several months after it began service from Austin. Read Story
Discovery crew welcomed home at Ellington Field
After 13 days of traveling more than five million miles across the orbit of space the crew of STS-121 landed in Houston. Several hundred friends, family members and employees of NASA gathered this week at Ellington Field to welcome home the six-member crew of Space shuttle Discovery. This was NASA’s second flight into space since the disintegration of the Columbia shuttle over East Texas in February 2003. For that reason everyone was ecstatic about the triumphant results of the mission. Read Story
A tribute to Sky King
Through a series of fundraising events the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society is hoping to raise enough money to restore the old terminal and tower at Hobby Airport. The society, which was founded by a diverse group of aviation, architecture and history enthusiasts in 1998, has taken on the project of rehabilitating the circa 1940's terminal at Houston’s second-largest airport for the purpose of conserving the few-remaining such structures in the country. Read Story
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