BWI Increases Annual Traffic for Third Straight Year

The airport announced that more 22 million people flew through BWI in 2012.

For the third straight year, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport has increased its best year-long traffic totals, according to a press release from the airport. Passenger traffic at BWI increased 1.3 percent from 2011 to 22.6 million commercial passengers. International passenger traffic increased 20.7 percent from 2011, and cargo shipments increased 3.7 percent from the year prior. The year also saw the airport's best month on record in July when more than 2.2 million people flew through BWI. "The sustained growth and success at BWI Marshall highlights its position as an important business and tourism gateway, as well as a job generator," said Governor Martin O'Malley. Nearly 94,000 jobs are supported by BWI, as …

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TSA Introduces New Security Line for Frequent Travelers at BWI Airport

On Wednesday, the TSA introduced a new security line at BWI Airport.

TSA Introduces New Security Line for Frequent Travelers at BWI Airport

On Wednesday, the TSA introduced a new security line at BWI Airport.

Video by Josh Fendrick for Capital News Service With the holiday travel season about to kick off, the Transportation Safety Administration and BWI Marshall Airport are working together to promote the TSA's new Pre Check program intended to make the traveler's journey from check-in to the plane a whole lot quicker.

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Presidential Declaration Devotes Federal Resources to MD

Sen. Ben Cardin announced a presidential declaration that gives Maryland federal aid and Gov. Martin O’Malley urged Maryland citizens to stay off the roads Monday at a press conference at MEMA.

President Barack Obama signed a pre-landfall state of emergency declaration for Maryland. The declaration provides federal resources from FEMA and Health and Human Services to state aid, Sen. Ben Cardin announced at a press conference at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown Sunday night. “Federal partners are here at your request,” he said. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are working alongside state agencies at MEMA’s emergency operations center, which is fully staffed in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. Federal employees from Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, Indiana and Kansas have come to Maryland’s aid, Cardin said. Military …

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Reports: Southwest to Discontinue Direct Flights to LaGuardia

New schedule takes effect Jan. 5, 2013.

Southwest Airlines announced its plans this week to discontinue service to New York’s LaGuardia Airport out of Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International, effective Jan. 5, reported The Baltimore Sun.  Currently, the airline runs 20 flights from BWI to LGA each week. The shift will enable Southwest to “enhance access” to its Midwestern clientele, according to The Baltimore Sun. Specifically, the airline will ramp up service in Tennessee. In Nashville—where Southwest passengers have had to connect through other cities to get to New York—the airline will add 12 total nonstop flights weekly to LaGuardia starting Jan. 6, reports The Tennessean. A spokesman for BWI told The Baltimore Sun that he was confident “Southwest is going to …

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