With the flu season 10 days away and swine flu casualties continuing to mount, health officials are trying to make prevention as easy as possible. ...more

September 22, 2009

Southwest Airlines will add four nonstop flights from Tampa International Airport on Nov. 1, including the airline's first service to Milwaukee and additional flights between Tampa and Las Vegas, Buffalo, N.Y., and Manchester, N.H., which serves the Boston area. ...more

June 24, 2009

Orlando International Airport will receive about $15 million in federal stimulus funding for two new inline baggage handling systems, federal officials said Monday. ...more

June 24, 2009

For once the stuff falling from the sky isn't oak pollen. Light rain is spreading over coastal counties and should continue off and on through late afternoon. By evening, it should move off the coast. Any rain is welcome, both as a relief for lawns and a valuable break for crews battling wildfires. But the weather service estimates most places will eventually see only about .1 of an inch. ...more

March 23, 2009

Most of us can't really conceive of just how much money a trillion dollars is. I know it's a "1" with 12 zeros after it, but it's hard to get a handle on how much space that much cash would take up. I keep thinking of those old comic books with Disney's Scrooge McDuck. He kept all his money in a vault that looked like a swimming pool full of dollars. My guess is even Scrooge McDuck didn't have that much cash in his vault. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tampa International Airport reported a 14 percent decline in passenger traffic in January compared with a year ago – down to 658,779 departing passengers. ...more

February 13, 2009

Despite an airline strategy to eliminate flights and use smaller aircraft, airfare bargains continue to abound. ...more

February 6, 2009

They're here. The Steelers have landed. Monday morning, David Chamberlain was waiting for them. He had been standing on the roof of the short-term parking garage at Tampa International Airport, or, as we travelers like to call it, Level 9. ...more

January 26, 2009

Tampa International Airport ranked 10th in on-time departure performance and 16th in on-time arrivals in November in a ranking of the nation's 23 major airports by the U.S. Department of Transportation. ...more

January 15, 2009

Tampa International Airport traffic declined by more than 875,000 passengers to 18.3 million in 2008 compared with record numbers of about 19.1 million in 2007. ...more

January 14, 2009