Tag: states of the united states
-
Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport…
-
Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport in July 2008 and 9½ times the number boarding flights…
-
Colorado Springs receives $111M for housing needs; City Council looks to do more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council critiqued how the city staff proposed spending $76 million in federal coronavirus relief aid on Monday, calling for more funding for affordable housing, but largely supported many ideas to fund infrastructure and economic development. Councilwoman Nancy Henjum was among several…
-
Colorado Springs receives $111M for housing needs; City Council looks to do more
The Colorado Springs City Council critiqued how the city staff proposed spending $76 million in federal coronavirus relief aid on Monday, calling for more funding for affordable housing, but largely supported many ideas to fund infrastructure and economic development. Councilwoman Nancy Henjum was among several board members who asked city staff members for additional ideas…
-
Southwest pushes passenger numbers at Colorado Springs Airport to 13-month high
The arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport last month pushed passenger numbers to the highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed air travel, the airport announced Wednesday. The 57,758 passengers on outbound flights in March surged 67% from March 2020, when the pandemic cut passenger numbers by more than 25,000 from…
-
Colorado Springs-based Insurance Technologies acquires Utah company
Colorado Springs-based insurance software provider Insurance Technologies has acquired Utah-based IXN Tech for its mobile application that helps life insurance agents sell policies. The deal comes about six months after Insurance Technologies was sold to Boston-based private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners to help it develop its sales automation software for the life insurance…
-
2 Colorado College hockey standouts part of 2021 Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame class
Former Colorado College hockey coach Scott Owens and the 1970 Air Force Academy football team top the 2021 Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame class that was announced Friday. Others who will be inducted during the Nov. 1 ceremony at The Broadmoor World Arena are former Air Force two-sport star Terry Maki (wrestling/football), former CC…
-
Colorado Springs Airport passenger traffic falls to 37-year low in 2020
Passenger numbers on outgoing flights at the Colorado Springs Airport last year fell to a 37-year low, but a rebound is expected this year with the arrival in March of Southwest Airlines and expansion by other carriers. The 363,845 passengers leaving the airport in 2020 was down 56.7% from 2019 and the lowest annual total…
-
United resuming Colorado Springs flights to LA, adding others
United Airlines next month will resume daily service between Colorado Springs and Los Angeles and add local flights to Denver and Houston, Colorado Springs Airport officials announced Friday. The Chicago area-based carrier suspended the Los Angeles service and reduced flights to the other two cities in late March after nearly all states imposed stay-at-home orders…
-
Big guns will boom at Fort Carson as unit conducts drills
Artillery will boom at Fort Carson Friday as the 3rd Brigade Combat Team drills with its big guns. The 4,200-soldier brigade is equipped with 155 mm self-propelled artillery along with an array of M-1 Abrams tanks and M-2 Bradley fighting vehicles. The Friday exercise focuses on drilling artillery crews, the post said in a news…