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Group Bids $2.5 Billion For Chicago's Midway - Baltimore Sun
chicago a group of investors from new york, boston and canada has offered to pay $2.5 billion to privatize chicago's midway airport . mayor richard daley announced the bid for a long-term lease of chicago's smaller airport yesterday. the city expects ...
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Myanmar To Boost Tourism With Seaside airport At Cyclone Scene
myanmar authorities are building a seaside airport in the southwest region laid waste by a cyclone five months ago, a local weekly paper reported wednesday.
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In Chicago, Private Firm Is To Run Midway airport
the airport stands to become the first large privately run hub airport in the country after an investment group bid $2.52 billion to win rights to a long-term lease.
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Southwest Airlines To Begin Serving Minneapolis-st. Paul International ... - Forbes
"southwest airlines' long-sought decision to begin service to minneapolis-st. paul international promises tremendous benefits to the airport, to minnesota, and to the upper midwest region," said jack lanners, chairman of the metropolitan airports ...
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B.c. Operator To Run Chicago airport - Globe And Mail
yvr airport services ltd., citigroup inc. and manulife financial corp. are spending $2.5-billion (u.s.) for a 99-year lease to run chicago's midway airport, the first major airport privatization in the united states. midway airport, the once ...
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In Chicago, Private Firm Is To Run Midway airport
midway airport is poised to become the first large privately run hub airport in the country, officials said tuesday, after an investment group bid $2.52 billion to win rights to a long-term lease, the new york times’s susan saulny writes.
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New Jet Service Center To Open At Bradley airport
embraer, brazil's big manufacturer of executive jets and mid-size commercial jets, is set to open a new $10 million northeast service center at bradley international airport.
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Australian airport Trials Full-body X-rays - News.com.au
a trial of new security scanners that will subject travellers to a "virtual strip search" will start at australian airports this month. in a move that has concerned civil libertarians, the new scanners will be set up alongside traditional airport ...
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Southwest Airlines Announces Intent To Begin Service To Minneapolis-st ... - Msn Moneycentral
carrier plans modest start-up with flights to chicago midway in march 2009 dallas , oct. 1 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- southwest airlines today announced its intent to begin service from minneapolis-st. paul international airport (msp) in march 2009 ...
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Aig Sells London airport Stake
american international group agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in london city airport to its partner, an airport spokeswoman said tuesday.
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'clear' Lanes Debut At Atlanta airport
the world's busiest airport officially opened its first paid, high-speed security lane wednesday morning, a potential boon to entrepreneur steven brill and thousands of weary road warriors in metro atlanta.
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airport To Find New Banker To Replace Lehman Bros. - St. Louis Business Journal
the st. louis airport authority will soon find another lead banker to sell its bonds since lehman brothers holdings inc. ’s filed for bankruptcy last month. the request-for-proposal has not yet been sent, said john farrell, a spokesman for city ...
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Runway Project Complete, Idaho Falls Regional airport Opens - Kpvi Newschannel 6
the work is finished, and the airport is now open. after being closed for the past month, the main runway of the idaho falls regional airport is once again seeing planes land. the 9.3 million dollar runway resurfacing project is complete. airport ...
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Baa Picks Hsbc, Rbs To Advise On Gatwick airport Sale (update1)
oct. 1 (bloomberg) -- baa ltd. , the world's biggest airport company, picked hsbc holdings plc and royal bank of scotland group plc as advisers to prepare the sale of london gatwick airport, four people familiar with the matter said.
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Southwest Airlines Coming To Twin Cities airport In '09
southwest airlines co. plans to begin service next march to the twin cities airport, its first new market in more than a year. the service will initially be limited to flights to and from chicago.
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Raytheon Gets $678m Gov't Contract For Radar Work - Boston Globe
washington— the department of defense and federal aviation administration have awarded a $679 million contract to raytheon co. for airport radar systems. the contract, announced tuesday, is for 116 digital airport surveillance radar systems that ...
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Bianca Golden: Nikki Blonsky Kicked My Mother In airport Brawl - People
america's next top model contestant bianca golden is speaking out for the first time about the caribbean airport brawl , saying both hairspray star nickki blonsky and her father attacked golden's mother. golden says on the oct. 8 episode of the tyra ...
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Privatization Of First Us airport Could Bank 2.5 Billion Dollars
the privatization of the first major us airport could net the city of chicago 2.5 billion dollars, officials said tuesday.
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German Company Wins Baghdad airport Contract
germany's airbiz gmbh said wednesday it has won a euro1.2 million contract to install a new flight information display system at baghdad international airport.
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Southwest Airlines Coming To Twin Cities - Minneapolis Star Tribune
best airline out there - they treat people well and seem to have a good time doing it and at a great price. none of that worldperks super … read more ultra elite crap going on with southwest. never lived in a market that is as much as a monopoly as ...
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