This week, most of the announcement seem to concern San Diego International Airport. So if San Diego is in your immediate travel plans, read on:
Pittsburgh flights may lose 22 percent of seats
Full story at: http://timesonline.com/articles/2008/05/11/news/doc481fafdb95d19028971712.txt
Pittsburgh International Airport (May 15, 2008) - According to an analysis by airfare expert Rick Seaney, who runs the travel Web site FareCompare.com, Pittsburgh's number of available seats, or airline capacity, will be down 22 percent in October compared with October 2007. That was the sixth-highest --- or worst --- rate in the country among airports with at least 3,000 available seats a day on their departing flights, the analysis showed. Seaney's analysis showed there were 19,800 available seats on flights heading out of Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 8, 2007.
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Local artist’s work unveiled at San Diego International Airport
Airport reception honors artist Mark Richmond’s first public art commission in Terminal 1 and opening of cultural art exhibit in Commuter Terminal
San Diego International Airport (May 14, 2008) - The Airport Authority will host a reception to feature local artist Mark Richmond on May 15, 2008. As part of the Airport Art Cultural Exhibits Program, Richmond is exhibiting at the Commuter Terminal from April 2008 through July 2008. In addition, his first public art commission, “Winds of Change,” a 25’ x 9’ 6” digital painting (pictured above) was installed in Terminal 1 in February. Richmond’s paintings encompass multiple elements and cultures mixed with an Asian-style script he has developed over the years. His work is also on display at Harney Sushi in Old Town and Cesar’s Caribbean Restaurant & Lounge in the Gaslamp Quarter.
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New employee blog provides front-line information about San Diego International Airport
Airport Authority’s Goodwill Ambassablog offers the public unique & interactive opportunity to learn about airport events and initiatives
SAN DIEGO International Airport (May 15, 2008) After nearly 80 years of sending planes into the atmosphere, San Diego International Airport (SDIA) has launched a unique public communications tool … into the blogopshere. An employee blog called the Goodwill Ambassablog, authored by rank-and-file Airport Authority employees, is now available to the general public at www.ambassablog.com.
Produced internally and at virtually no cost with freely available software, the Goodwill Ambassablog provides employee perspectives on Lindbergh Field in the form of regularly updated posts, along with photos, videos, music clips, polls, links and a variety of other features. Visitors to the site are able to submit comments on any post. They can also subscribe to the blog and have updates automatically sent to their email address or RSS feed reader.
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Organic To Go Expands into San Diego Airport
- Healthier Meal Alternatives Attractive to Traveler -
SEATTLE, Wash - (May. 15, 08) - Organic To Go (OTCBB: OTGO), the nation’s first fast casual café chain to be certified as an organic retailer, announced it’s first free-standing airport café at the San Diego International Airport. Organic To Go has partnered with Concessions Management Services, Inc. (CMS), an experienced multi-concept concession company based in Los Angeles, California, with operations or ownership interest at Los Angeles International, Las Vegas McCarran, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International, Houston George Bush Intercontinental and Tampa International airports.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for Organic To Go. In 2007 over 18 million passengers went through the San Diego airport,” said Jason R. Brown, founder and CEO of Organic To Go. “As traffic is projected to continue to increase, this location will “put us on the map” in the airport industry and show we are a viable alternative for expansion into other airports.”
Since opening it’s first café in San Diego in November 2007, Organic To Go has grown to eight cafes, with five downtown and two in La Jolla, California. In addition to its sit-down cafés in high rise, multi-tenant office buildings, Organic To Go also offers catering and delivery to corporations and catering, delivery and grab & go options on university and corporate campuses.
“I’m proud of our existing relationship with CMS at the Los Angeles International Airport and excited about expanding our business together at San Diego International Airport,” said Jason Brown. “We selected CMS as a true veteran in airport concession services management and believe that they will be a great partner to further develop the Organic To Go brand at the San Diego Airport and beyond.”
“We see an increasing demand for fresh and more wholesome menu items,” said Clarence A. Daniels, President and CEO of CMS. “We’ve witnessed an impressive customer response and growth at our six LAX locations since offering the Organic To Go options. People are very happy to have choices for meals made with fresh and delicious organic and natural ingredients without pesticides or antibiotics.”
Because most airlines no longer provide meals on domestic flights, fliers now have to often fend for themselves at airport concessions. The Airport Revenue News 2007 Fact Book states that travelers spent $3.2 billion on food and beverages in 2006 at airports. A recent report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which has been reporting on airport food for seven years, indicates that healthier choices at airports are in greater demand.
About Organic To Go
Based in Seattle, Organic To Go is the nation’s first fast casual café chain to be certified as an organic retailer with locations in Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Organic To Go’s delicious organic food is now available in more than 170 locations - including 29 cafés, more than 120 wholesale locations, 14 universities, 11 locations at Los Angeles International Airport and one location at San Diego International Airport. The company started 2007 with 12 cafés and closed a year of growth and expansion with 26 cafés, and now operates in four geographic regions. The company’s multi-channel business model includes Retail, Corporate Catering and Wholesale operations. Organic To Go’s mission is to become the leading branded provider of certified organic and natural soups, salads, sandwiches, entrees and other food products to corporate, university and other institutional customers in selected urban areas nationwide. All Organic To Go fare is made with organic ingredients whenever possible and is always natural, free of harmful chemicals and created with care. For more information, visit www.organictogo.com.
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That's it for now. Remember, if you eXpect delaYs, you can beat them!
Happy Travels!
Gus
