BANGOR – After spending months exploring alternatives to costly heating oil, city councilors Monday night voted 4-2 to heat several large structures at the city’s airport with natural gas. Bangor International Airport has been one of the city’s two largest consumers of heating oil. The… Read More
BANGOR – The city negotiated three more months to work out an agreement with ExxonMobil Corp. for supplying fuel to its airport, but officials are working on a contingency plan if the fuel giant decides to end its contract. Bangor city councilors on Monday approved… Read More
BANGOR – Two major airlines have announced significant cutbacks in the past two days, and while Bangor International Airport so far has survived unscathed, diminishing services nationally are not an encouraging sign for area passengers who have demanded increased flights, destinations and lower prices. On… Read More
BANGOR – A merger between Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. not only would create the world’s largest airline, it also would place more than 50 percent of the passenger market share at Bangor International Airport into the hands of one company. The… Read More
BANGOR – The city’s airport is not immune to the cutbacks Delta Air Lines announced this week: The airline’s Comair subsidiary is preparing to cut its only remaining daily flight to Cincinnati while adding another daily trip to Boston. Bangor International Airport Director Rebecca Hupp… Read More
BANGOR – Delta Air Lines will fly once daily from Bangor International Airport to New York City and add a third daily flight to Boston beginning June 5. The flight from Bangor to John F. Kennedy International Airport will leave BIA at 11:30 a.m. and… Read More
BANGOR – The recent pullout of a major airline from Bangor International Airport and the high cost of flying from BIA have prompted some area travelers to blame the city for making it too expensive for airlines to operate out of Bangor. But the airport… Read More
Bangor International Airport was recognized Wednesday by its newest airline for helping establish a marketing campaign that has attracted many area fliers bound for warmer climes. Allegiant Air LLC, a Las Vegas-based company, presented the airport with an Excellence in Marketing award during a company… Read More
BANGOR – Big Sky Airlines, a Delta Connection partner that flies from Bangor to Boston, announced early Wednesday evening it would discontinue its East Coast operations Jan. 7. Despite Big Sky’s departure, Delta announced Wednesday evening that Comair, another Delta Connection carrier that serves Bangor… Read More
BANGOR – Area businesspeople rely on air travel to connect them with profitable clients and innovative markets, but recently service from the Bangor International Airport has declined, resulting in limited options and inconvenient schedules. Don Martin, a consultant from Winterport, flies out of BIA weekly… Read More
BANGOR – As the holiday season approaches, Bangor International Airport is advising air travelers to plan ahead. The Transportation Security Administration and BIA have asked airline passengers to report to ticket counters 90 minutes before a flight’s scheduled departure. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
BANGOR – Fifty of the American Eagle employees who will lose their jobs at Bangor International Airport in November are expected to transfer within the company to an airport in Arkansas. The 50 are among 74 aircraft maintenance employees at BIA affected by American Eagle’s… Read More
BANGOR – Maine Troop Greeters are expected to meet a milestone this weekend as they welcome the 500,000th serviceman or woman to fly through Bangor International Airport on the way to or returning from duty overseas. At 6 p.m. Friday, the number to have flown… Read More
BANGOR – The city has been cited by the Bureau of Labor Standards for not detecting asbestos in a recent construction project at the Bangor International Airport’s general aviation building. The city received a $1,000 fine for the violation and noted two other minor infractions… Read More
BANGOR – Following announcements of airlines exiting and entering the Bangor market in the past few weeks, city officials met on Monday night to discuss how Bangor International Airport could become the preferred facility to travelers in the region. Airport officials presented plans for new… Read More
First Delta Air Lines changes its daily jet service to Boston to a 19-seat propeller plane. Now American Eagle has given notice that its jet service will no longer be available after Nov. 5. Has anyone taken into consideration that the loss of jobs will… Read More
BANGOR – One day after American Eagle made public its plans to pull out of Bangor International Airport, a low-cost carrier announced Wednesday it would begin limited nonstop jet service from the airport to Orlando, Fla., starting Nov. 7. Allegiant Air LLC, a Las Vegas-based… Read More
BANGOR – Jacqueline DiPinto flies into Bangor International Airport every year to visit her family in Rumford, but that may not be the case next year. Ever since American Eagle began its jet service at BIA in 1999, DiPinto has flown from her home in… Read More
BANGOR – American Airlines announced Tuesday that it will terminate its regional jet service at Bangor in early November, citing financial reasons for the pullout. American Eagle, the regional American Airlines affiliate, will discontinue its routes from Bangor International Airport to Boston’s Logan International Airport… Read More
BANGOR – Passenger traffic at Bangor International Airport was down 4.7 percent the first five months of 2007, compared with the same period a year ago, and officials said this week they believe it will be increasingly difficult to compete with other airports that have attracted low-cost carriers. Read More
BANGOR – Nearly two months after U.S.-bound Canadian travelers began clearing U.S. Customs at the international airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the director of neighboring Bangor International Airport said she has seen no decline in passenger traffic as a result. But BIA Director Rebecca Hupp… Read More
BANGOR – Two new explosive detection machines have just arrived at Bangor International Airport as part of the Transportation Security Administration’s effort to expand its baggage screening capabilities. BIA is among 21 airports nationwide scheduled this year to receive the machines, which examine checked baggage… Read More
BANGOR – He was the 300,000th. Even though the frosting on the cake provided by the Maine Troop Greeters stuck to the roof of Spc. Carlos Smith’s mouth when he tried to exclaim his title as the 300,000th member of the military to be welcomed… Read More
BANGOR – Delta Air Lines Inc. will add a nonstop flight service to Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, becoming the third destination the company will fly into from Bangor International Airport. Delta’s service from BIA to Atlanta will operate year-round, beginning June 8, seating 70 passengers… Read More
BANGOR – More domestic passengers are flying through Bangor International Airport than ever before, according to figures released Thursday. Roughly 480,600 passengers flew in and out of the airport in 2005, beating by 5 percent the previous record set in 1998. The number represents a… Read More
BANGOR – Bangor International Airport may need more space in the near future, and a newly funded study seeks to find out for sure. The airport has been awarded a $231,000 grant to conduct a terminal study that will examine the facility’s existing configuration and… Read More
BANGOR – Passenger traffic at Bangor International Airport increased 9.1 percent during August 2005 compared with August 2004. A total of 59,466 passengers passed through BIA in August compared with 54,511 last year. For the first eight months of 2005, passenger totals are up 7.05 percent at the… Read More
BANGOR – With two new destination hubs for Bangor International Airport to be added in June and passenger numbers rising, the airport seems to be flying high. But such prosperity comes with its own set of problems, and on the ground, the airport is feeling… Read More
BANGOR – Not only is Bangor International Airport feeling the need for more parking space. The City of Bangor plans to more than double the number of parking spots at the site of the airport’s new neighbor, an L.L. Bean call center that will occupy the former Irving… Read More
BANGOR – Eight out of 10 flights left Bangor International Airport on time last year, a rate that was on par with the rest of the country and slightly better than other airports in the region, according to federal statistics. Highlighting what a BIA official… Read More
BANGOR – Traffic at Bangor International Airport increased by 30 percent in February compared with the same month last year. It was the second straight month in 2004 that the airport recorded over-the-year gains. In January, BIA logged a gain of 17.6 percent over the… Read More
BANGOR – Officials from Bangor International Airport announced Thursday that the airport posted a nearly 20 percent increase in passenger traffic over the last year. The number of seats flown in and out of the Bangor airport in January of this year was 17.6 percent… Read More