Tag: Colorado Springs Airport
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Record numbers of travelers expected to get out of town for Memorial Day weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Millions of people across the U.S. and Colorado are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend, with forecasts expected to break a 20-year holiday record. Travel organization AAA estimates 45.1 million people will travel at least 50 miles from their homes between Thursday and Monday — about…
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Hotel building boom underway in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the Colorado Springs area’s biggest waves of hotel construction in the last quarter century will add three-dozen new properties and more than 4,100 rooms over the next two years, including a high-profile downtown hotel set to open this week. A healthy economy and…
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World War II aviation museum planning second phase late this year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than two years after opening its centerpiece display hall, the National Museum of World War II Aviation plans to begin construction on an expansion that will double the hall’s size as its celebrates its 10th birthday. Site preparation began late last year on the…
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Trucking giant expands with new Colorado Springs terminal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Trucking giant Old Dominion Freight Line has tripled the size of its Colorado Springs terminal to handle the growing volume of freight shipped in and out of southern Colorado. The Thomasville, N.C.-based company spent $10.5…
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Passion for WWII planes drew pilot to Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Seeing smiles on the faces of passengers aboard the World War II aircraft that Bill Klaers flies is all the motivation and reward he needs. Klaers’ Colorado Springs operation features one of the world’s most renowned restoration shops for World War II planes, and he…
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‘Mattress Mack:’ I’ll be back for another bet in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” has flown to the Colorado Springs Airport twice this year to make giant bets on major sporting events, and he expects to return this year or early next year to do it again. McIngvale, who owns Houston’s biggest…
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Two Colorado veterans featured in Tuskegee Airmen documentary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two military veterans with ties to the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs will be featured in the History Channel documentary, “Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage.” The one-hour program honors and remembers the more than 14,000 African-American men who were part…
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Airlines cutting thousands of jobs at Denver International Airport
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With no further aid on the table, U.S. airlines began furloughing tens of thousands of employees Thursday. Denver International Airport is among those airports that will feel the impact. Three major airlines plan to furlough…
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Colorado Springs Airport to resume shuttle service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Airport is bringing back its shuttle service for long-term parking areas beginning Thursday, officials said in a Monday news release. The service had been suspended because of COVID-19 concerns. Masks will be required for all passengers, and social distancing markers and hand sanitizer…