Last month I spent seven glorious days in the southeast Caribbean. One of my favorite parts of the trip was viewing all the different airports on the islands. In fact, on Maho Beach in St. Maarten (the Dutch side of the island), two of my favorite activities — relaxing on the beach and watching airplanes [...]
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As they say, getting there is half the fun. That certainly applied to one Airport Authority employee who had a lot of fun while enroute to the Philippines for vacation. Sajid, who works in our Quieter Home Program, gave us a little insight — and some great pictures — on how a layover can be [...]
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The largest expansion project in the history of the San Diego International Airport (SDIA) is under way. On July 8, 2009, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the expansion site, the former landfill for the Naval Training Center, located adjacent to Terminal 2 West. The Airport Authority fist cleaned up the site through an innovative [...]
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One of the Quieter Home Program’s biggest projects to date is a large condo complex called the Point Loma Tennis Club. While processing applications for this project, one of the homeowners stood out immediately – Virginia Glass. Virginia is originally from the Philippines. During World War II, she was held in a Japanese concentration camp [...]
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