Memphis artists dominate airport’s public art competition
Memphis International Airport and the UrbanArt Commission named winners Tuesday, June 16, in the competition for public art in the modernized B Concourse.
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Memphis International Airport and the UrbanArt Commission named winners Tuesday, June 16, in the competition for public art in the modernized B Concourse.
Southwest Airlines will add a daily nonstop between Memphis and Phoenix starting Dec. 17.
Memphis International Airport passenger traffic fell 95% in April and appeared to start rebounding in May, while cargo activity strengthened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Memphis International Airport will use a coronavirus stimulus grant to offset passenger losses, while depending on FedEx and other cargo carriers to shoulder the bulk of airfield operating costs.
The UrbanArt Commission and a public art committee of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority are scheduled to receive site-specific proposals for public art in the B Concourse in mid-June.
Memphis International Airport's mammoth, 3.3 million square foot de-icing facility will dwarf one completed last year at Chicago O'Hare.
FedEx's landing fees will help Memphis International Airport balance its budget amid discussion of putting all passenger airlines in a single concourse until traffic rebounds from COVID-19.
The Memphis airport has gone from 6,000-plus passengers and 80-90 flights a day to 20 or fewer flights and a few hundred passengers as COVID-19 hammers air travel.
Memphis International Airport expects to receive $24.6 million from the federal CARES Act in April to help offset some of the airport's losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Memphis International Airport officials approved leasing more land to FedEx and UPS, noting that cargo activity is expected to continue amid uncertainty of coronavirus.
Friday, March 13, looked like a regular Friday morning at Memphis International Airport, not the spring break traffic jam that had been predicted before coronavirus began spreading in the U.S.
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
Spring break arrives at Memphis International Airport as extra precautions taken to guard against illness.
Desire for the service was heightened when Indigo Ag announced in 2017 it would establish its North American commercial operations headquarters in Memphis.
Southwest Airlines on Saturday, March 7, will bring competition back to the Memphis-Atlanta nonstop flight market for the first time since September 2016.
An Atlanta area company has filed for a zoning change from residential to employment for a neighborhood vacated by an airport noise abatement program in the 1980s.
UrbanArt Commission opens calls for artists to produce artworks and/or designs for Memphis International Airport's modernized B Concourse.
As Memphis airport braces for busy spring break season, travelers will find a couple of new wrinkles in security screening procedures and equipment.
Lease approval accommodates UPS' planned $216 million expansion project, but FedEx will remain the dominant cargo shipper at Memphis International.
Memphis International Airport's future will be shaped by a new strategic overview outlining projects and priorities for 2020-2024.
Southwest Airlines said it would hire "a number" of the 70 people being laid off by aviation support services company DGS at Memphis International effective March 7.
FedEx Express moved 3.4% less freight through the Memphis world hub in 2019, with much of the decline coming after it severed ties with Amazon.