Airport Check-In

Roger Yu, USA TODAY, 9/16/2008 (excerpted)

DETROIT: New terminal [opened September 17]

After three years of construction, Detroit Metro's North Terminal [made] its debut Wednesday and serves 11 commercial airlines.

The $431 million terminal replaces the 50-year-old Smith Terminal. It contains two security checkpoints and 26 gates, including four that are connected to Customs. The airlines that will operate from the new terminal include Air Canada, American Airlines, AirTran, Frontier, Lufthansa, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways, USA 3000 and charter airlines.

Northwest and its SkyTeam alliance partners — AeroMexico, Air France, Continental, Delta and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines — will remain in the McNamara Terminal.

The North Terminal will also have 44,000 square feet of concessions. Its lineup includes Champps Restaurant and Bar, Max & Erma's, T.G.I. Friday's, Ruby Tuesday, Borders, Brookstone and XpressSpa.

Parts of the Smith Terminal will be demolished immediately. But airport officials are hoping to rent the main check-in area and other parts of the terminal for film production. "We haven't had to market ourselves," says spokesman Scott Wintner, citing Michigan's recently introduced financial incentives aimed at recruiting filmmakers to the state. "The phone's been ringing off the hook (from film companies)."

CHICAGO O'HARE: 556-room hotel opens its doors

InterContinental Hotels' latest property has opened at Chicago O'Hare. Located in the Rosemont neighborhood, about 2 miles from the airport, the 556-room hotel is the chain's second location in the Windy City.

InterContinental O'Hare is located across the street from the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and features 53,000 square feet of meeting space. Guests can also check the real-time airport flight status and check in for their flights at the hotel.

Heathrow Terminal 4 Departures - Car Drop Off

BA.com, 9/23/2008

Departing passengers arriving by car at Heathrow terminal 4 will have to take a different route to the check in and departures area from 23 September 2008.

All customers departing from Terminal 4 arriving by car should:

  • continue to be dropped off at the departures level
  • take the car park lift down to arrivals
  • enter the terminal
  • ....take lift or escalators up to departures

All customers arriving into the terminal by public transport will be unaffected.