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MSP airport beats national average for on-time departures

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.08.09 | 10:42 am

Picture 1While it might not always feel like it, on-time departures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport have improved, according to a new report (pdf) by the Brookings Institution. Our airport was among 14 of 26 domestic…

So long, Humphrey and Lindbergh! C’mere, Terminals 1 and 2, you little stinkers!

By Chris Steller | 07.08.09 | 3:54 pm

Thing one Thing twoThe Twin Cities’ twin airport terminals, currently named for aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and Vice President Hubert Humphrey, will be re-christened Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 if a plan approved today by a Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) committee goes forward.…

Young & Younger, Strib & Stripper

By Paul Schmelzer | 07.26.07 | 7:06 am

Youthful exodus: A former Pioneer Press staffer writes in to underscore a key difference between many of the buyout takers this time around and those from the last round — their ages. “What’s significant about this list is that…