Business Airports
Clear Registered Traveler Program Discounts for Government Employees
Clear, the registered traveler service provider with expedited lanes at U.S. airports, will give all government employees a discount on Clear memberships. So, if you work for Uncle Sam, you’re in luck. This discount will be available to all first responders, emergency workers, legislators and their staffs, and law enforcement officers, among others, at the local, state and federal levels.
To ensure the government’s frequent flyers have easy access to enrollment centers, Clear has joined with the Congressional Federal Credit Union and the Pentagon Federal Credit Union to …
Date: August 7th, 2007 |
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Free Airport Wireless for iPhone in August
Boingo Wireless is offering iPhone owners free Wi-Fi in 13 North American airports during the month of August. Airport wireless is usually pretty steep, so that’s one heck of a deal. This offer is available to all iPhone owners who access the Wi-Fi networks with their iPhone, “giving them an introduction to the world’s largest aggregated Wi-Fi network.” So basically they’re hoping it will lure new customers in. “iPhone owners who like what they see can sign up for and use a Boingo® account to access hundreds of partner networks comprising 100,000+ hotspots.”
Here’s how it works:…
Date: August 2nd, 2007 |
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Paris Orly Airport Renovation
Aéroports de Paris has invested a whopping 25 million euros to renovate the international portion of the South Terminal at Orly Airport in Paris. These upgrades will increase the terminal’s handling capacity by 10% to a proposed 12 million passengers. With 25.5 million passengers who passed through in 2006, Paris-Orly airport is the 2nd busiest French airport and the 10th largest in all of Europe. The South Terminal itself processed more than 9.5 million passengers in 2006, including 70% international passengers.
“For summer departures, we offer our international passengers departing from South Terminal …
Date: July 29th, 2007 |
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The Ultimate Guide to London Airport Hotels
London has a…few airports and from time to time my readers need the services of the hotels near those airports. Lucky for you, Chris at the London Logue has put together information on hotels near each and every one of London’s major airports. Wasn’t that AWESOME of him?
You can find the listings for:
Heathrow Airport Hotels
Gatwick Airport Hotels
Stansted Airport Hotels
Luton Airport Hotels and
London City Airport Hotels
The London Logue is chock full of great information on the city of London. Check it out for …
Date: July 20th, 2007 |
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Heathrow Airport Hotels
If your business travel will take you to London soon, BootsnAll has a great resource for hotels near Heathrow. With added security (again), it may be worth your while to plan to stay near the airport the night before you depart. This site lists hotels by name and includes site links, phone numbers and email addresses for the properties, along with a map of the property in relation to the airport. You can even find the hotel that best fits your departure Terminal.
Booking through this site gives you great deals, while supporting the Business Travel Logue and …
Date: July 12th, 2007 |
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New TSA Requirements for LARGE Electronics, Not ALL Electronics
The TSA has apparently instituted new security measures for LARGE electronic items being brought in to airports beginning yesterday. Yes, the very same day breast milk and lighters made their way back on to the accepted liquids list. I wrote about the lighters and milk from the TSA press release when it was issued several weeks ago, and saw no mention of the new electronics rule. So you can imagine my surprise when I read a post on Fly Away Cafe that ALL electronics will have to …
Date: August 5th, 2007 |
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TSA Passenger Imaging Testing at Security Checkpoints
The TSA just announced they will soon begin testing millimeter wave imaging machines and backscatter machines at airport security checkpoints in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and New York-JFK. What does that mean to you? Just that you may have to walk through one more piece of funky machinery while you’re in the security line. These machines let the TSA screen passengers for prohibited items on their person “quickly, unobtrusively and without physical contact, detecting weapons, explosives and other metallic and non-metallic threat items concealed under layers of clothing.”
The airports will be testing …
Date: August 1st, 2007 |
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New TSA Guidelines - Lighters and Breast Milk Will be Allowed
The TSA is toning things down a notch beginning August 4, 2007 (my birthday 
) by allowing airline passengers to begin bringing lighters and breast milk in to our nation’s airports. “Torch” lighters, however, will remain banned items.
The TSA security officers currently confiscate 22,000 lighters every day from airport entrants across the country. Reversing the ban on lighters will let the offers focus more on finding explosives.
The Lighter Timeline Chart (directly from the TSA website) shows the Empire State Building versus five times number of lighters …
Date: July 22nd, 2007 |
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Eos Airlines Club 48 Lounge in London’s Stansted Airport
Eos Airlines is celebrating the opening of the new Club 48, the airlines gate-side departure lounge, at London’s Stansted Airport. Club 48 “enhances Eos’ trademark “uncrowded,” stress-free travel experience, offering a relaxing, contemporary, amenity-filled
environment. Club 48 is the most upscale facility at London Stansted, which has quickly become the preferred alternative to Heathrow for trans-Atlantic travel.”
The club offers a plethora of amenities, including two 50″ wide screen TVs, individual computer workstations, Wi-Fi access, and bar and food services. The lounge was designed using luxurious materials such as …
Date: July 17th, 2007 |
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The Registered Traveler Programs are Working Together
The Registered Traveler programs are now run by two different private-sector service providers operating at six airports across the country. Those providers working together is key to the success of the program, allowing cards, regardless of the service provider from which they were issued, to be read and accepted by other providers’ operating at participating airports. This is accomplished through the Central Information Management System (CIMS) which was developed and is operated by the Security Biometric Clearing Network (SBCN) for the Transportation Security Clearinghouse (TSC).
“These events are the culmination of the tireless efforts of airports, private industry, and …
Date: July 3rd, 2007 |
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