BWI’s new airline offers low fares, more fees 

BY: Lizzy McLellan
POSTED: July 4, 2012
Tags: air travel, airlines, airtran airways, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, fort lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Mark Kopczak, Mary Joan Levin, Paul J. Wiedefeld, reagan national airport, Royal Travel Planners, southwest airlines, Spirit Airlines

A new airline at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will allow more options for travelers going to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Dallas/Fort Worth, as well as the possibility of lower airfares to these locations. BWI’s new carrier, Spirit Airlines, boasts low fares, but does so by giving passengers “the freedom to choose only the extras they [...]

Southwest will try out live TV on 5 planes

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 28, 2012
Tags: in-flight entertainment, internet access, live television, News, southwest airlines, Sports, television

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines says it plans to sell live television service on five planes and expand it to more aircraft by mid-July. The airline said Thursday it would offer seven sports and news channels for passengers to watch on their own devices. Airlines have been expanding in-flight entertainment options such as Internet access to [...]

BWI passenger traffic sets record in 2011

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 15, 2012
Tags: airplanes, airport, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, bwi marshall, cargo shipments, gov. martin o'malley, passenger traffic, passengers, southwest airlines

The number of airline passengers who flew through Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in 2011 increased by 2.1 percent to set a new record, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Wednesday. Last year, annual passenger traffic totaled nearly 22.4 million commercial passengers, compared to 2010’s then-record 21.9 million passengers. July 2011 was the airport’s most-traveled month, with [...]

The Daily Record’s Top 20 stories of 2011

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 29, 2011
Tags: 2011, airport, Arundel Mills, Baltimore, Baltimore Grand Prix, BWI, casino, Constellation Energy, dean closius, Denise Whiting, earthquake, east coast, EBDI, ed hale, exelon, exxon, First Mariner, hon, Horse Racing, ICC, jack johnson, justice delayed, lawsuit, leak, leslie johnson, maryland, Maryland Jockey Club, owings mills, phillip j. closius, police misconduct, President Robert L. Bogomolny, Ravens, resigns, retires, same-sex marriage bill, Slots, southwest airlines, stories, tolls, top 20, trademark, training camp, ub law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, william donald schaefer, year

What were the biggest news stories of 2011? Race cars zooming around the Inner Harbor? Potential promised (new development in Owings Mills) or potential unrealized (development in East Baltimore, the future of horse racing in Maryland)? Maybe it can be summed up in a word: Constellation; ICC; Ed Hale. Or “guilty” in the cases (literally) [...]

AirTran moving terminals at BWI 

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: November 9, 2011
Tags: AirTran, airtran airways, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, BWI, BWI Airport, concourse, Paul J. Wiedefeld, southwest, southwest airlines

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will shuffle the locations of some of its air carriers next week and again in December to prepare for a $100 million expansion project slated to begin in the spring, officials announced Wednesday. The changes at BWI will allow for the continued growth of Southwest Airlines Co. The low-fare carrier [...]

Southwest posts 3Q loss on fuel hedges

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 20, 2011
Tags: air travel, airline, airplane, AirTran, airtran airways, earnings, fuel, gary kelly, income, oil, revenue, southwest airlines

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co. suffered its first losing quarter in two years because its fuel-hedging bets turned sour when oil prices fell this summer. But its fares rose and planes were packed. That helped the company’s airline business make money in the third quarter Southwest’s results suggest that air travel is holding up despite [...]

July busiest month ever at BWI Airport 

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: September 20, 2011
Tags: airtran airways, american airlines, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, british airways, BWI, delta air lines, gov. martin o'malley, Greater Baltimore Committee, intercounty connector, jetblue airways, Montgomery County, southwest airlines, us airways

July was the busiest month ever for Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with 2.2 million commercial passengers, according to figures released Tuesday by the airport. Passenger traffic increased 1.6 percent during the record-setting month over the previous mark, set in July 2010. Much of that growth was driven by Southwest Airlines Co., the dominant carrier [...]

Airlines filling nearly 90 percent of flights

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 13, 2011
Tags: airlines, flights, passengers, southwest airlines, Tourism, travel, united states, us airways

NEW YORK — Don’t expect much elbow room on flights this fall. Planes have never been so full. There was barely a spare seat this summer, and the next few months should be the same. To the list of things airlines have taken away — hot meals, blankets, headphones — you can add personal space. [...]

AirTran to start non-stop Aruba flights out of BWI

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 18, 2011
Tags: air travel, airline, airport, airtran airways, aruba, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, BWI Airport, caribbean, cheaptickets, southwest airlines, travel

AirTran Airways, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, said it will add nonstop service from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Aruba in the Caribbean on Saturday and Sunday, starting Dec. 17. These will be the only nonstop flights between BWI and Aruba. The airline is pitching the new route with a special [...]

September 11 changed everything – about air travel

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 16, 2011
Tags: air travel, airlines, Business, BWI, passengers, screening, security, september 11, southwest airlines, Tourism, travel, tsa

Five-year-old Frank Allocco is 37,000 feet above America, face pressed against the window. “Cool,” he says to his 6-year-old sister. “Francesca, look.” It’s their first flight. They ignore a Harry Potter DVD and video games. Instead, there are rivers, mountains and tiny cars below. Francesca chimes in: “Wow, Frank, look at that cloud.” For Frank [...]

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