The Plane Truth On The Border
I just do not understand Americans. Surely they had the opportunity on the other side of the river to take over thousands of acres of land and spend billions of dollars to build a totally new airport in Detroit. Why we in Canada did that with Mirabel in Montreal and Pickering in Toronto and look at the "successes" that both of them never had.
Instead they kept the existing airport, made improvements like a sixth jet runway, the expanded McNamara Terminal, a second access road from I-275, and more than 11,000 new structured parking spaces. As a result, they were able to handle the largest numbers of passengers since their best-ever year in 2000.
I wonder who the experts were on the airport deal. Perhaps they could give the experts on the border file a different perspective on what needs to be done to deal with record-setting traffic levels. Pehaps "improvements at the existing" rather than "new" makes some sense too. I do know it would save taxpayer dollars.
Metro airport sets traffic record
Total tops 36 million passengers
BY JOHN GALLAGHER, FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
February 9, 2006
Detroit Metropolitan Airport set a record for passenger traffic in 2005 despite a tepid local economy, higher jet fuel costs, and a mechanics strike and bankruptcy filing involving the airport’s biggest carrier, Northwest Airlines.
Metro handled 36,389,294 total passengers in 2005, eclipsing the 2004 total of 35,276,870. It also topped the airport’s best-ever year of 2000, when 35,535,080 passengers flew in or out of Metro.
“In one year, Detroit Metropolitan Airport smoothly and efficiently handled the equivalent populations of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio combined,” said Lester Robinson, Wayne County Airport Authority CEO. “This illustrates the dedication and professionalism of employees of the airlines, TSA, FAA, the Airport Authority and all of our contractors and vendors.”
Passenger totals had been heading for the 36-million mark back in 2001 when the terror attacks of Sept. 11 cut deeply into air travel. A booming economy in most of the nation and low-cost airlines bringing down fares have gradually build traffic levels back up.
Robinson credited capital improvements in recent years for helping Metro handle the traffic, including a sixth jet runway, the expanded McNamara Terminal, a second access road from I-275, and more than 11,000 new structured parking spaces.
Instead they kept the existing airport, made improvements like a sixth jet runway, the expanded McNamara Terminal, a second access road from I-275, and more than 11,000 new structured parking spaces. As a result, they were able to handle the largest numbers of passengers since their best-ever year in 2000.
I wonder who the experts were on the airport deal. Perhaps they could give the experts on the border file a different perspective on what needs to be done to deal with record-setting traffic levels. Pehaps "improvements at the existing" rather than "new" makes some sense too. I do know it would save taxpayer dollars.
Metro airport sets traffic record
Total tops 36 million passengers
BY JOHN GALLAGHER, FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
February 9, 2006
Detroit Metropolitan Airport set a record for passenger traffic in 2005 despite a tepid local economy, higher jet fuel costs, and a mechanics strike and bankruptcy filing involving the airport’s biggest carrier, Northwest Airlines.
Metro handled 36,389,294 total passengers in 2005, eclipsing the 2004 total of 35,276,870. It also topped the airport’s best-ever year of 2000, when 35,535,080 passengers flew in or out of Metro.
“In one year, Detroit Metropolitan Airport smoothly and efficiently handled the equivalent populations of Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio combined,” said Lester Robinson, Wayne County Airport Authority CEO. “This illustrates the dedication and professionalism of employees of the airlines, TSA, FAA, the Airport Authority and all of our contractors and vendors.”
Passenger totals had been heading for the 36-million mark back in 2001 when the terror attacks of Sept. 11 cut deeply into air travel. A booming economy in most of the nation and low-cost airlines bringing down fares have gradually build traffic levels back up.
Robinson credited capital improvements in recent years for helping Metro handle the traffic, including a sixth jet runway, the expanded McNamara Terminal, a second access road from I-275, and more than 11,000 new structured parking spaces.
posted by JoeBlog at 5:46 a.m.
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