Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Airport alert canceled (The Charlotte Observer)
The Charlotte Fire Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police scrambled to answer an emergency call Monday morning at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, but the alarm proved to be a minor problem. The alert sounded shortly after 8 a.m., indicating that an arriving jet was experiencing problems. The jet, a USAirways Airbus, landed safely with 97 passengers. According to radio reports, it ...
Charlotte/Douglas boardings increase 4% (Charlotte Business Journal)
The number of passengers boarding planes at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport grew 4 percent in August from the same month last year.
80s again, rain on Thursday (The Charlotte Observer)
Temperatures will climb well above normal again today in the Charlotte metro region, but a change to more seasonal conditions and rainfall are predicted for later in the week. Forecasters expect temperatures to climb into the lower 80s this afternoon in the area, easily exceeding the average high temperature at this time of year -- 76. Sunday's high at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was ...
Rain today, then a great weekend (The Charlotte Observer)
Clouds and spotty rainfall will continue today and possibly Friday, but big changes in the weather -- good changes -- are coming for the weekend. A low pressure system responsible for producing the rain that fell across the region Wednesday evening and overnight is moving across South Carolina today. Additional rain has fallen this morning, to the east and southeast of Charlotte. Forecasters ...
City of Charlotte Enters Agreement to Use Gordian Health Solutions' Personal Health Coaching Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NASHVILLE, Tenn.----Today Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. and the City of Charlotte, N.C., have announced an agreement to provide Gordian’s latest suite of health coaching tools, called iCoaching, to the City of Charlotte’s 6,000+ employees, eligible spouses and retirees.
Is Charlotte too dependent on banking? (The Charlotte Observer)
The industry that dominates Charlotte's skyline also writes the fattest paycheck. Banks and their financial service colleagues accounted for more than one-fifth of Mecklenburg private sector wages paid last year, a whopping $5.6 billion. That's more than double the 1990 level. No other employer even comes close. Now Wachovia, one of two major leaders of that growth, is plunged into a battle ...
US Airways CEO calls Charlotte 'a fantastic market' (WCNC Charlotte)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- US Airways CEO Doug Parker says he expects few, if any, cuts at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in the midst of the current economic meltdown.
Taste of fall, then great weekend (The Charlotte Observer)
A touch of frost covered the ground in North Carolina's mountains this morning, setting the stage for what is expected to be a beautiful autumn weekend in the Carolinas. Unless you were hoping for rain, this weekend should be nearly perfect. High pressure is expected to produce mostly clear skies for the next several days, and temperatures will rebound a bit from chilly conditions Thursday and ...
Shuttle offers alternate airport transit (The Daily Gamecock)
In the past, students flying home for fall break had two options: Either pick a cheaper flight in Charlotte and drive a little less than two hours, or pick a more expensive flight out of Columbia.
Red Cross Nurses Provide Medical Care and Compassion to Hurricane Evacuees (American Red Cross)
Saturday, September 27, 2008 — Tammy Moss left Charlotte Douglas International Airport alone and admittedly afraid.
