Posted on · At least seven people, all age 25 or younger, have been charged with crimes for their alleged roles in a citywide auto theft ring that has targeted the parking garages at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports.
Posted on · Joe Aguirre and Marco Castillo are both charged with aggregate theft exceeding $300,000 for allegedly stealing seven cars and trucks this year from the parking garages at Bush Intercontinental Airport and Hobby Airport.
Posted on · It wasn’t immediately known what caused problems with the Houston airport’s air conditioning system and when the problems started.
Posted on · Ivori Howard, 22, has been charged with intent to impair or interrupt the operation of a critical infrastructure facility, a state jail felony, according to Houston police. A man was arrested at the same airport less than two weeks beforehand after allegedly trying to stow himself in the landing gear compartment of a plane.
Posted on · A recently-opened training center at the airport and a career fair this week are part of United Airlines greater goal to hire 50,000 employees company-wide.
Posted on · In all, Texas airports made up 20% of all guns found last year, and nearly 90% of them were loaded.
Posted on · The training facility incorporates mock seats, an auditorium room with over 400 seats, a public address room for flight attendants to practice their onboarding announcements, and a 125,000-gallon pool for flight attendants to practice safe evacuation in the event of a water landing.
Posted on · Planes in Houston and across the country were grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or cancelled thousands of flights on Wednesday.
Posted on · Southwest Airlines says it will award the travelers who were caught in the surge of canceled flights during the holidays 25,000 frequent-flyer points, an award worth more than $300 in flights.
Posted on · The entire process took approximately two years – from the city calling for commissions in 2020 to the artist completing their artworks this year.
Posted on · The Thanksgiving travel period begins November 17 and ends November 29 with November 20, 23, and 27 being the busiest air travel days in Houston. Hobby is expected to serve more than 560,000 travelers and Bush more than 1.7 million.
Posted on · The airport will be working on electrical work underground in anticipation of expanding its international terminal.
Posted on · Houston Airport System leaders say the worst is behind them after a summer of nightmare vehicle traffic at Bush Intercontinental and discussed future plans for both of the city's airports on Wednesday.
Posted on · Money from the recently passed infrastructure bill will also help modernize bathrooms and fund other projects at Houston's two airports.
Posted on · The funding will be used to help improve airport security checkpoints, baggage claim areas, gates and pickup and drop off spots.