There are 16 article(s) tagged air travel:

• November 2023

  • Airport expects 90K passengers for Thanksgiving, starting Friday

    Passengers should arrive at least two hours early; parking on peak days may take longer.

    By Jane Roberts November 15, 2023

• October 2023

  • 901 Flights aims to help Memphians get in the air

    Flights from Memphis to Dublin, Rome or Barcelona for less than $600? Ashling Woolley, founder of 901 Flights, says cheap flights out of MEM are available if you know how to find them. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 08, 2023

• August 2020

  • Delta’s Memphis-Indy nonstop coming back

    Delta Air Lines will offer nonstop service between Memphis and Indianapolis starting Oct. 1.

    By Wayne Risher August 29, 2020

• June 2020

  • MEM flights returning in July, August

    Memphis International Airport reports nonstop flights pulled down by airlines because of COVID-19 are returning over the next couple months. A new Salt Lake City nonstop is coming August 1.

    By Wayne Risher June 30, 2020

• April 2020

  • Airport explores downsizing to single concourse during pandemic

    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.

    By Wayne Risher April 23, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 9: Baptist patient improving

    Editor's note: Due to the serious public health implications associated with COVID-19, The Daily Memphian is making our coronavirus coverage accessible to all readers — no subscription needed.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Airport adds to FedEx, UPS leases, ponders virus impact

    Memphis International Airport officials approved leasing more land to FedEx and UPS, noting that cargo activity is expected to continue amid uncertainty of coronavirus.

    By Wayne Risher March 19, 2020

  • Southwest launches Atlanta nonstop Saturday

    Southwest Airlines on Saturday, March 7, will bring competition back to the Memphis-Atlanta nonstop flight market for the first time since September 2016.

    By Wayne Risher March 05, 2020

• February 2020

  • Airport hits record for origin, destination

    Memphis International Airport served 4.6 million passengers in 2019, its largest number ever of passengers traveling to or from the Memphis area.

    By Wayne Risher February 05, 2020

• December 2019

  • Memphis airport sets 2020 schedule for ‘world class tour’

    Memphis International Airport announces 2020 schedule for Jon K. Thompson World Class Tour.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 18, 2019

• October 2019

  • Airport says fall break traffic projections were spot on

    A crush of fall break travelers and a bank of early morning departures combined for the biggest crowd at Memphis International Airport's main security checkpoint since at least July 2008.

    By Wayne Risher October 14, 2019

  • Airport B Concourse revamp hits 25% completion mark

    Memphis International Airport’s B Concourse modernization is sitting at 25% complete as construction crews start erecting steel framework of a larger, light-filled space for passenger loading and unloading.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2019

• January 2019

  • Airport, FedEx combine for more than $1.6B in upgrades at Memphis International

    Partial demolition of Concourse B got underway Thursday at Memphis International Airport, signaling the start of the most visible part of a project to modernize the airport's oldest concourse.

    By Wayne Risher January 17, 2019

• December 2018

  • Memphis airport builds future on local traveler base

    Memphis International Airport expects 2019 to be a banner year for serving travelers who are flying to and from the city and not merely making connections.

    By Wayne Risher December 24, 2018

• October 2018

  • American Airlines adds 4th daily flight to Washington Reagan

    American Airlines is adding a fourth weekday nonstop between Memphis and Washington, starting Jan. 7.

    By Wayne Risher October 23, 2018

  • Airport’s mock disaster drill unleashes walking wounded on runway

    Zombies didn’t take over a runway at Memphis International Airport Monday morning, but it sure looked like it. A mass-casualty disaster exercise featured 117 students, moaning, limping and generally pouring on the theatrics as they pretended to be victims of an airliner crash landing. The mock disaster, which closed Runway 36L/18R from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, began with explosions and fireballs around 10:30 a.m., attracting fire trucks and ambulances to the airfield southwest of the terminal.

    By Wayne Risher October 16, 2018