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South Florida Business Journal
April 21, 2018
One of the largest hotel owner/operators in the United States will assume management of the Miami International Airport Hotel on June 1. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) awarded a seven-year contract with a three-year option to renew to MCR Investors LLC last month. The New YorkÃâà...
STAT Times
April 11, 2018
Rainer Mueller, Vice President-Commercial, Saudia Cargo. Rainer Mueller, Vice Pres... Emir Pineda of Miami International Airport at ACI 2018. Emir Pineda of Miami Inte... Dheeraj Kohli, Vice President and Global Head for Travel and Transportation, Unisys. Dheeraj Kohli, Vice Presi... Jason Thomas, Commercial Director,Ãâà...
Miami Herald
April 5, 2018
For more than a decade, a Pinecrest couple ran a little racket at a VIP lounge in Miami International Airport, catering to well-heeled airline passengers while skimming from the county-owned facility. Their take totaled millions. Elena and Lazaro Iglesias admitted they stole more than $7 million as operators ofÃâà...
CBS Miami
April 3, 2018
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter. MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Traffic on the Dolphin Expressway can be bad most times of the day. One way around it was by using Perimeter Road. Well, that option no longer works. As of Tuesday morning, a new permanent detour went in place on the airport'sÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
April 2, 2018
Perimeter Road traffic permanently rerouted around Miami International Airport. Newly installed guard gates to prevent unauthorized traffic from passing through. By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor. Posted: 2:57 PM, April 02, 2018Ãâà...
GolfDigest.com
March 25, 2018
The property, which sits adjacent to Miami International Airport, is a prime parcel of land nestled next to a highway and less than six miles west of downtown. All this is why it has previously attracted interest from developers. There is money to be made in a city renting out the property to allow construction ofÃâà...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 24, 2018
A United Airlines aircraft takes off at Miami International Airport in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File). People stand in line at a United Airlines counter at LaGuardia Airport in New York. ![People stand in line at a United Airlines counter at LaGuardia Airport in NewÃâà... </div>
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Tnooz
March 8, 2018
Miami International Airport now offers wholly biometric facial recognition passport screening at its newly renovated Concourse E, which serves international arrivals. This is the first facility in the US to use biometric screening exclusively. The full-scale adoption of facial recognition passport clearance follows a pilot programÃâà...
South Florida Business Journal
March 5, 2018
Throughout Lester Sola's 25-plus years working in county government, he says he's always been intrigued by Miami's "city within a city," otherwise known as Miami International Airport. He now has the chance to run the organization as director of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. Sola, previously headÃâà...
Miami Today
March 5, 2018
Almost 2 million domestic passengers flowed through Miami International Airport in January, up more than 2% from January 2017, the latest figures from the airport show. The domestic passenger total of 1,998,404 was a little higher than the 1,958,558 international passengers, a total that declined .75%Ãâà...
Miami Herald
February 27, 2018
Face it, going through airport security is a vital, but time-consuming pain in the you-know-where. Miami International Airport hopes that using new technology that is already familiar to millions of smartphone users could reduce some of the bother. On Tuesday, MIA celebrated its newly renovated ConcourseÃâà...
Miami Herald
February 22, 2018
Gimenez turned to Lester Sola to run the Aviation Department, which is dominated by Miami International Airport but includes the county's executive airports, too. This is Sola's fourth tour as a department head, having run Elections, Internal Services and, most recently, Water and Sewer. To replace SolaÃâà...
Miami Today
February 20, 2018
Jetsetters flying from Miami International can expect their aircraft to be, far more likely than not, on schedule. Organizations including the Official Aviation Guide of the Airways (OAG) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the US Department of Transportation, say a flight arrives orÃâà...
South Florida Business Journal
February 20, 2018
The Miami-Dade Aviation Department has a new director, coming nearly four months after its former director announced his resignation. County Mayor Carlos Gimenez appointed Lester Sola to lead the department, which includes Miami International Airport, the county's largest economic engine.
Miami Herald
February 19, 2018
An “explosive component” used during a K9 training exercise at Miami International Airport disappeared briefly Monday morning. Police were still interviewing a husband and wife who work at the airport into the early evening. They said the device could not have exploded and was never a threat to travelersÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
A Miami man who rolled up to Miami International Airport and ignited a brawl with TSA agents and a Customs cop has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. For guilty pleas on two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain federal employees, Nivaldo Lopez will pay $9,172 inÃâà...
Miami New Times
December 31, 1999
Miranda Cuisine & Bar, housed inside the modern EB Hotel, is a dining destination that caters mostly to weary travelers who need a convenient spot near Miami International Airport. The restaurant, however, hopes its Venezuelan food and drinks will attract more locals. "Our regular guests come from theÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
When President Donald Trump descended from Air Force One at Miami International Airport on Monday, Miami-Dade's Republican mayor said he wanted to be there. But the White House wouldn't give him an invitation. Despite upending Miami-Dade's immigration policy to mollify Trump in the early days ofÃâà...
WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
December 31, 1999
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for attacking two federal officers at Miami International Airport. Court records show 33-year-old Nivaldo Emilio Lopez was sentenced Tuesday for the 2017 attack. Lopez previously pleaded guilty to assaulting and resistingÃâà...
ERAU News
December 31, 1999
Recently, students from the school's Daytona Beach Campus traveled to South Florida for a first-hand view of the Miami International Airport (MIA). The College of Business coordinated the trip as part of the Business Eagles program, designed to launch high-performing business students into theÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
Lester Sola doesn't think much of the bathrooms at Miami International, and now he's ready to do something about them. “It's really a pet peeve of mine,” said Sola, a 26-year county employee recently tapped by Mayor Carlos Gimenez to shift from running Miami-Dade's Department of Water and Sewer toÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
Tucked in the corner of Concourse F at Miami International Airport, the Club America Lounge bills itself as an escape from the common throng, with elevated status secured for a mere $40 entry fee. Judging by reviews on sites like Yelp (1.5 stars), however, the lounge's offerings of dry cookies, warm soda,Ãâà...
Curbed Miami
December 31, 1999
Step right up for passport screening, face-first, at Miami International Airport. The airport's Concourse E just debuted facial recognition technology, NBC Miami reports. The idea is that this will match a face to a passport, shortening customs lines and making international flights easier to board. MiamiÃâà...
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