Tag: XNA

AMR bid for givebacks falters as pilots spurn final contract

AMR Corp. faltered in a bid to persuade its largest unions to make concessions in bankruptcy when American Airlines pilots rejected the company’s final contract offer, setting up a showdown…

XNA to award runway bids

HIGHFILL — Officials at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) plan to recommend that the airport’s board approve The Harper Co. as the contractor to make much-needed repairs to XNA’s main…

New flight, construction making XNA a busy place

Announcements of a new flight, the near opening of the airport’s first sit-down restaurant and work on the runway projects has made life busy at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Starting…

Fine dining: as good as it gets at XNA

HIGHFILL — An eatery called a “gastropub” seems the last place you’d want to visit before getting on an airplane. Yet the Smokewood American Grill, coming soon to the Northwest Arkansas…

Fort Smith, XNA see February passenger gains (Updated)

February saw big enplanement increases at the Fort Smith Regional Airport and the Northwest Arkansas Airport (XNA), but only Fort Smith has a year-to-date increase. February enplanements at the Fort…

2012 forecast mixed for airline industry (Correction)

Forecasting what will happen in the airline industry is about as unpredictable as forecasting the weather. “Going forward, it looks like there’s good news and bad news,” said Steve Lott,…

Airline traffic up in Fort Smith, down at XNA

January enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were up more than 4%, continuing a trend of traffic improvements during 2011. The story is different at the Northwest Arkansas Regional…

Local taxi services see more riders

FAYETTEVILLE – Brad Audrain came to the taxi business by way of Dickson Street. As a University of Arkansas student, he or friends sometimes needed a ride away from the…

Regional airport execs relieved FAA budget bill approved

Airport officials in Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith sighed in relief Monday evening as a long-awaited funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration received Senate approval. The bill authorizes $63.4…

XNA waits for federal funding on runway project

It’s a game of “wait and see” for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport as officials hope for news on several fronts, with the biggest being a federal funding bill expected…

Connections: Cobblestone Farms to host key fundraiser in September

Bentonville land at Walton-backed health care campus sells for $18 million

Fort Smith metro building permits up more than 90% through March

EIA: Declining oil demand to lead to lower oil, gasoline prices