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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an expansion project currently underway at JFK International Airport Terminal 4, a joint venture led by premier travel retailer Hudson Group will be implementing a dynamic new concessions program to enhance the shopping experience for millions of travelers at JFK's Terminal 4. The program includes five new specialty shops featuring fashion icons - Michael Kors, Coach, Thomas Pink, Solstice and Victoria's Secret - and...
- Eight New Stores Expected to Open by Year's End - PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AIRMALL® USA, the leading airport concessions developer in North America and operator of the AIRMALL at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), is establishing a new address for luxury brands and high fashion in the North American airport industry. Airest Collezioni, an international travel retail operator based in Italy, recently forged a seven-year agreement with AIRMALL to open up to...
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 1, the Allegheny County Airport Authority will celebrate 20 years of the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) in its current facility and share the vision for the future in attracting more passengers, flights and economic development to the southwestern Pennsylvania region. A news conference will be held Monday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Ticketing Level Landside Terminal. The Airport will also host Family Fun Day, a public...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless(TM) (www.ruckuswireless.com) today announced that its ZoneFlex Smart Wireless LAN (WLAN) system has seen broad, worldwide adoption by many of the busiest airports around the globe looking to bring reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi connectivity to highly trafficked, high-density passenger terminals. With thousands of business and leisure travelers carrying smartphones, tablet computers, and other mobile devices...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Although technology has revolutionized air travel during the past decade, passenger satisfaction with airports continues to lag behind that of other aspects of the travel industry, largely because passenger expectations of basic needs--such as prompt baggage delivery, airport comfort and ease of navigating the airport--are not being met consistently, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 North America Airport Satisfaction Study(SM)...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- An agreement was announced today between Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security which secured $150 million in federal funds for a key security project at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091201/LA19070LOGO-a ) The funding will support the completion of the inline baggage screening program in several terminals at...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier travel retailer Hudson Group has opened a Victoria's Secret travel concept store in New York's JFK International Airport Terminal 4. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060705/NYW034LOGO ) The 641-square-foot shop is located pre-Security, and is currently Victoria's Secret's only travel concept store at an airport in the United States. The store features a wide range of merchandise, specifically targeted to the traveling...
U.S. officials say they are looking at a new type of scanner that will detect explosive vests worn by terrorists at airport terminals. The idea is to foil a suicide bombing carried out in a terminal lobby or baggage claim area where there are a lot of people who may not have gone through passenger checkpoints. "As you close up holes (on airplanes), terrorists have to find other ways to set something off," aviation-security consultant Rich Roth told USA Today, adding that an airport attack...
By Thomas Frank Every traveler in the post-9/11 era gets watched at airport checkpoints. But sometime soon, you may be checked for a bomb at the airport entrance. Fearing that terrorists with suicide vests may blow up crowded sections of airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the first time is looking at ways to scan people as they walk through terminals. Machines recently tested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Denver International Airport could...
By Mike Seate Our local airfield is called Pittsburgh International, but in reality its border-jump flights are limited to Canada and Mexico. That means reaching Europe, for example, requires booking a connecting flight to cities such as New York, Philadelphia or Chicago. In my experience, about half the time those flights are delayed for some reason or another, plunking us poor Pittsburghers down in strange airports where we're told in no uncertain terms to wait 24 hours for the next...
