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The world's longest cargo plane has arrived at the Miami International Airport. The Cathay Pacific Cargo plane arrived at MIA before dawn Wednesday to a water cannon welcome. "This is a boost to the economy of Miami," said Deputy Director of Aviation Ken Pyatt. This world renown Boeing 747 is 225 feet wide and 250 feet long, the equivalent of almost one football field.
This 8-freighter serves more than 40 destinations. "It can hold 125 tons," said Pyatt. "It's pretty too hard to quantify that but it's a lot of stuff." Crews have unloaded its inaugural shipment. They will reload more goods onto the plane and it will return to Anchorage, Alaska to refuel before heading to Hong Kong. "Perishable products, technology products, textile products-- just everything," said Pyatt. Cathay Pacific has launched a new international trading route connecting Asia to South America via the United States. This flight will touch down at MIA five to six times a week, which is an expansion from its original three times a week route. Cathay Pacific Cargo hopes to add a passenger route to its fleet in the near future.
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| Skype Giving Away Free Holiday Wi-Fi at MIA | |
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The IP-based calling service is offering free Wi-Fi at more than 50 airports across the U.S. from December 21 though December 27. People traveling through any of the select airports will be able to log on to a Skype Wi-Fi connection via their PC, Mac, or Apple iOS device to make a video or voice call. The gift package includes airports in some of the country's major hubs, such as Atlanta; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Miami; Chicago; San Francisco; and New York City, with all the airports displayed on a map in a recent
Skype users can tap in to the free Wi-Fi via the following steps:
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On December 15, Miami-Dade County and GMCVB officials gathered at MIA’s annual Reward and Recognition ceremony to honor Employee of the Year Adelaida Mora, a janitorial custodian at MIA, for “cleaning” the airport of a crook trying to steal money from two passengers. While purchasing her bus pass at the airport’s bus station in September, Adelaida overheard a man talking to two young female travelers who were looking for the bus to Key Largo. When she heard the man giving them wrong directions and telling them he could sell them tickets, Adelaida became suspicious and quickly went to intervene. As the man was reaching to take money from the passengers and lead them to the wrong bus, Adelaida confronted him, grabbed the passengers and led them away from the bus. While comforting the passengers, she immediately contacted airport security and the man was detained by Miami-Dade Police soon after.
For her heroic efforts, Adelaida was named MIA Employee of the Year and received two round-trip tickets from American Airlines to anywhere in the continental U.S., Caribbean, Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda or Mexico. Employees from AirIT, American Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration were also recognized with Spirit of MIA awards for extraordinary acts of compassion and customer service.
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Starting December 9, 2011, Air Jamaica, operated by Caribbean Airlines, makes its return to Miami International. The four times weekly service, will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The introduction of this new service, comes ideally for the Christmas peak season, offering customers more travel options into and out of North America.
The non-stop Miami service begins its operations with return flights out of Jamaica on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 09 December 2011 till 07 January 2012. From 09 January 2012 – 30 January 2012, the return services will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and daily services will be introduced from 01 February 2012.
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New walkway to facilitate passengers at MIA Travelers who are already dreaming of snowmen and sleigh rides should remember that they must get through the airport before getting to their vacations. Travel can often turn into the Grinch of the holiday season. "You can see security lines that snake on for an hour easily," said travel agent Jacob Marzouca. But this year, Miami International Airport has an early present for travelers. A temporary outdoor walkway that connected the North Terminal to the rest of the airport has been replaced by a much bigger and better indoor walkway. In about three weeks, the direct connection to the rental car area will also open. Travelers can expect more convenience.
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Congratulations to Ron Beck and Peter Garcia, Managers, TSA,
Congratulations to Lilia Eng, Sales Manager,
Congratulations to Carlos Cancino, Duty Manager,
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Coral Morphologic has teamed up with the Miami Science Museum to build excitement for their future arrival at downtown's Museum Park by collaborating on a multimedia art/science project at the Miami International Airport. This public project, funded by a generous grant by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will build anticipation for the world-class aquarium exhibits that will be central to the new museum, to be named the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science.
A series of high-definition screens will be installed in the terminals and waiting areas of the airport to portray fluorescent corals as living art forms and icons of the city. These installations will engage, relax and entrance travelers of all ages, while reinforcing Miami's unique position as a gateway to the coral reefs of the Caribbean.
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Security Wait Times at the 25 Busiest U.S. Airports
Additionally, keep in mind that these numbers are averages. That means that, within an airport, if one security checkpoint has a wait time of 10 minutes and another has a wait time of zero minutes, it averages out to 5 minutes, even though one checkpoint is much slower than the other.
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Scheduled to open in 2012, the 2.4 mile elevated Metrorail extension will provide a fast, reliable Metrorail connection to Miami International Airport for the millions of residents and visitors who travel to and from MIA every year. With this project, Miami-Dade County joins the ranks of other major cities with rapid transit connections to their airports.
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Next spring, the gateway to Miami-Dade County will be on center stage for millions of TV viewers across the country when the exciting new Travel Channel docu-series “Miami International Airport” debuts on Travel Chanel. Local production company 2C Media plans to begin filming this month the first of six initial episodes, which will provide a day-in-the-life look at a cast of MIA employees who manages the challenges and successes of serving nearly 100,000 passengers per day at the #2 U.S. airport for international passengers and #1 for international cargo. Travel Channel is available in 96 million U.S. cable homes, and its high-definition simulcast, Travel Channel HDTM is distributed to more than 17 million. The Travel Channel web site, which serves as the network's entertainment travel hub, averages more than two million unique users monthly and its mobile content platform, Travel Channel GOTM, is a leading provider of quality mobile travel video and audio content. Travel Channel also manages the leading online travel blog, World Hum. In the News:
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Dominant American Airlines' Bankruptcy No Miami Game-changer |
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Miami-Dade County Aviation Director Jose Abreu, who manages the airport, said, despite confidence that American will emerge from Chapter 11, that airport administrators must monitor the situation because of the carrier's importance to the airport and Greater Miami as a whole. "Miami is profitable" for American, Mr. Abreu told Miami Today. "Whatever they do, it likely will not affect Miami." Mr. Abreu said Miami is American's top hub for international flights, which tend to be more lucrative than domestic flights. In addition, he added, history shows that major carriers typically have reorganized and come out of Chapter 11, which allows debtors to continue operating while following a court-supervised debt repayment plan. "For those that have restructured in the past, their hub airports really have not suffered," Mr. Abreu said.
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MIA was the U.S. airport with the most growth through the first eight months of 2011, and the upward trend is expected to continue this Thanksgiving travel week despite projections for a decrease nationally. More than 839,000 passengers, or an average of nearly 105,000 passengers per day, are expected at MIA during the eight-day Thanksgiving travel period that begins on Monday. Total Thanksgiving week travelers at MIA are projected to increase 2.5 percent from last year, in contrast to the Air Transport Association of America’s (ATA) forecast for a two-percent decrease nationwide. MIA’s favorable projections are based on domestic seat capacity at the airport increasing six percent to date this year despite capacity cuts and decreased demand across the nation, coupled with international traffic growth and historically strong Thanksgiving holiday cruise traffic. Through August, passenger growth at MIA surged by seven percent – more growth than at any other U.S. airport. MIA continued to soar in September with nearly 2.8 million passengers for a 9.6-percent increase over 2010, keeping the airport on track to easily surpass its best year ever last year.
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November 21, 2011 |
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Live graffiti painting. A colossal rose bed soaring 20 feet high. Early photos of Andy Warhol, a Picasso up for auction and a naked woman living in a pig pen. They're all part of the lineup for Art Basel Miami Beach, which runs Dec. 1-4, with a host of related events beginning Nov. 30.
The art experience will begin for many at Miami International Airport with Harmonic Convergence, a 72-foot-long window wall with diamond-shaped panes of glass in 150 transparent colors. The installation by architect and composer Christopher Janney creates a gradually changing pattern of colors, similar to a rainbow. It was installed a few months ago in an airport entrance by a people-mover walkway. Travelers will hear sounds Janney recorded during trips to the Florida Everglades, scuba dives in the ocean, and other natural environments. At the top of each hour, a short composition with percussion instruments plays, marking the time of day.
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Hortensia, by Aramis O’Reilly - Now Exhibiting @ South Terminal J, 3rd Level |
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Aramis O'Reilly received his MFA in painting from Florida International University and attended both the University of Connecticut and Florida International University for his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. His work has been shown in various national and international exhibitions and is included in numerous private and public collections.
Besides his studio work he has been involved in several large scale public art projects. Mr. O'Reilly is also a recipient of the Cintas Fellowship Award.
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Miami International Airport is adding passengers and airlines — and getting attention for both. For the period between January and August, the airport grew by 7 percent. That’s more than any other U.S. airport, according to a report from aviation consultancy LeighFisher MIA saw continued growth in September with nearly 2.8 million passengers, a 9.6 percent increase over 2010. The airport was also recognized for being the U.S. airport with the most new airlines in 2011 by industry website anna.aero, or Airline Network News and Analysis. Between Oct. 31, 2010 and the end of this October, MIA added service on Arkefly, Corsairfly, ExecAir, KLM and TAP Portugal. More additions are coming up: Mexican airlines VivaAerobus and Interjet in November and Sun Air International Airlines, with flights to the Bahamas, in January.
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Airport with The Most New Airlines: Miami Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), which was a US ANNIE winner last year as well, is again honored with an award. Not only does Miami manage to attract more new airlines than any other US airport, but the airport is the trendsetter when it comes to giant US ANNIE award certificates.
Seen celebrating the airport’s latest achievement are Ken Pyatt, deputy director for operations; Miguel Southwell, deputy director for business retention and development; José Abreu, airport director; and Chris Mangos, marketing division director.
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MIA Galleries presents: Sewn Dreams, by Dina Knapp |
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"Once a piece is almost to the point of completion, it takes on a life of its own, and starts telling you what it wants to be." Dina Knapp
For more information on this exhibition, please contact the Miami-Dade Aviation Department’s
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Congratulations to MIA's Airport-wide Reward & Recognition Winners |
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Casual dining restaurant T.G.I. Friday’s has brought its award-winning eating experience to Miami International Airport with the opening of its first location at the airport, located near Gate D-36 in the North Terminal. The restaurant is operated by Jackmont Hospitality, Inc., a minority-owned firm based in Atlanta.
Celebrating the opening were officials from Jackmont Hospitality and T.G.I. Friday’s parent company, Carlson Restaurants officials: (l-r) Shawn Crenshaw, Director of Human Resources - Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Mark Huaroto, Assistant General Manager - MIA T.G.I. Friday's, Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; David Sylvester, Director of Operations - Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Lazaro Dominguez, General Manager - MIA T.G.I. Friday's, Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Ms. Simona Lelutiu, Manager - MIA T.G.I. Friday's, Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Brenda Branch, Vice President of Operations - Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Daniel Halpern, President and CEO - Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Indras Whittaker, Marketing Manager - Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.; Stephen Holmes, Director of Franchise Operations - Carlson Restaurants Worldwide; and James Donneruno, Brand Standards Manager - U.S.A. Franchise, Carlson Restaurant.
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TSA PreCheck Pilot Starts Today at Select Airports to Further Enhance Security |
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Pilot Starts Today at Select Airports to Further Enhance Security The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that it began testing a limited, voluntary passenger pre-screening initiative with a small known traveler population at four U.S. airports. The TSA PreCheck initiative implements a key component of the agency’s intelligence-driven, risk-based approach to security. This pilot program will help assess measures designed to enhance security by placing more focus on pre-screening individuals who volunteer information about themselves prior to flying in order to potentially expedite the travel experience.
During this pilot, TSA will use pre-screening capabilities to make intelligence-based risk assessments on passengers who voluntarily participate in the TSA PreCheck program and are flying domestically from one of the four pilot sites: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, Dallas/Fort Worth International and Miami International airports. Eligible participants include certain frequent flyers from American Airlines and Delta Air Lines as well as members of the Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) Trusted Traveler programs, including Global Entry, SENTRI, and NEXUS, who are U.S. citizens and are flying on participating airlines. If successful, TSA plans to expand the pilot to include additional airlines, as well as other airports that participate in CBP’s Global Entry program, once operationally ready.
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The Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) has selected Miami International Airport’s North Terminal Development Program as its 2011 Project Leadership Award Program Gold Award Winner, COAA’s highest honor.
According to the COAA, the Project Leadership Award is an annual awards program that recognizes owner’s excellence in project delivery. The Project Leadership Award program promotes leadership, professionalism and management excellence of owners involved in the design and construction process. The awards are open to both public and private owners who do not have to be members of COAA, and are open to renovation and new construction projects from any industry and of any size. In September, North Terminal was also named among 35 winners in Engineering News-Record Southeast’s 2011 Best Projects competition. North Terminal’s Concourse D skytrain and Regional Commuter Facility were joint Merit Award winners in the Transportation category. Engineering News-Record, published by McGraw-Hill, is one of the leading publications in the construction industry.
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| All Parking Spaces Are Capped at $17 per Day Effective October 1
New rates going into effect at Miami International Airport at 12:01 a.m. on October 1 will simplify the cost of parking at MIA to $17 per day, or $2 for every 20 minute increment up to two hours and 40 minutes. The new rate slashes the previous charge of $30 for spaces in the short-term lot immediately outside the airport’s Central Terminal while increasing by $2 the maximum daily rate in the Dolphin and Flamingo garages near North and South Terminal. This is the first rate increase at MIA in approximately five years. “MIA has recently made a number of improvements to expedite the flow of traffic and improve customer service, including the implementation of SunPass Plus and valet parking for both North and South Terminal. With the opening of new terminal facilities for international arrival passengers, all 8,059 of our parking spaces are now considered premium parking spaces depending on your airline,” said Miguel Southwell, Miami-Dade Aviation Department Deputy Director for Business Retention and Development. “The rates have therefore been simplified to reflect this change.” MIA continues to offer valet parking in the Dolphin and Flamingo garages for $18 within three hours or $30 per day for three hours or more. Economy Park and Ride parking is also available for $3 each hour for the first two hours or a daily rate of $8. Continue
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