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Regional commercial & private airport.
Roanoke Regional Airport is a full service airport, offering a wide range of services for all aviation types. As the primary commercial airport serving western Virginia, Roanoke Regional Airport accommodates the aviation needs of the scheduled airlines, air freight carriers, general aviation, corporate, air taxi and charter operators, as well as the military.
With over 60 scheduled airline flights arriving and departing daily, the Roanoke Regional Airport offers nonstop service to a dozen major cities, as well as frequent connecting service through the hubs of five major airlines. Surrounded by spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the terminal is designed for ease and comfort. From parking your car, through ticketing, right up to the gate, the Roanoke Regional Airport Commission knows how to efficiently move passengers without sacrificing courtesy or consideration.
Includes technical information on the airport: http://www.roanokeregionalairport.com/genaviation/woodrum.html
Fattah's plan: Lease airport
He would use the proceeds of the deal to reduce the city's child poverty rate.
By Michael Currie Schaffer
Inquirer Staff Writer
Mayoral candidate Chaka Fattah wants to lease out Philadelphia International Airport and use the proceeds to fund an ambitious initiative to slash the city's child poverty rate.
Fattah, a U.S. congressman, is to unveil the idea, part of a plan he calls his "opportunity agenda," this morning. He said in an interview yesterday that the agenda would also include proposals to reduce business and wage taxes, as well as details about how to pay for the many new programs he has promised on the campaign trail.
Under Fattah's proposal, the airport would be leased to a for-profit firm, an arrangement Fattah estimated would generate $3 billion. After retiring the debt on the airport, he estimated, the city would have nearly $2 billion left to finance the new social programs.
hitchsters.com is an easy-to-use web-based system which conveniently connects travelers so they can share taxis (and thus split the fare) to and from an airport. In many places taxis are the most convenient form of transportation between metropolitan centers and airports, but they are expensive, too. The hitchsters.com matching system (patent pending) makes riding in a taxi more affordable, more environmentally friendly and more fun.
By just entering in basic information about your flight and your preferences, the hitchsters.com matching system searches for a suitable co-rider. Once a match is made, you will be notified with both a text message to your cell phone and an e-mail containing the first name and cell phone number of the other co-rider (nothing else is shared with the other co-rider). You then contact each other to arrange to meet to share a cab.
If you are sharing a ride to an airport, then you will only be matched with someone else who is leaving from your area to go to the same airport. If you are sharing a ride from an airport, you will only be matched with someone who is on the same flight (no worries about late flights) and going to the same area you are.
hitchsters.com provides you with an additional feature: if you would like to be matched with a co-rider of a certain gender, you may state such as either (1) a “gender preference” (we will attempt to match you in accordance with such preference, but we can’t guarantee--this option is for those who most importantly want to save some cash) or (2) a “gender requirement” (if we can’t match on this basis, then a match will not be made and you ride alone). None of this is ever revealed to the co-rider.