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
