Transportation in Miami

Book Today: Southwest Airlines Extends Schedule Through Jan. 5, 2022, While Adding More Domestic Destinations Than Ever Before And Offering New Nonstop Service To International Destinations From The Midwest

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Thursday, June 10, 2021
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For a list of the carrier's international destinations as well as service resumption dates, visit Southwest.com/international .

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  • For a list of the carrier's international destinations as well as service resumption dates, visit Southwest.com/international .
  • Southwest will serve Cancun nonstop from 17 airports in the U.S. as winter 2021/2022 begins.
  • On Nov. 13, Southwest will bring its first-ever international service to Kansas City with seasonal service on Saturdays between Kansas City and Cancun.
  • Beginning Nov. 13, 2021, Southwest intends to launch seasonal service on Saturdays between Denver and Liberia, Costa Rica.

A new Frontier at MIA: Airline launches two routes, announces four more

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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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Myrtle Beach is not currently served by any other airline at MIA.\n"Congratulations to Frontier on their ongoing expansion of international flights from MIA," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

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  • Myrtle Beach is not currently served by any other airline at MIA.\n"Congratulations to Frontier on their ongoing expansion of international flights from MIA," said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
  • "Their growing service to our community is increasing travel options to and from popular destinations for our residents and visitors.
  • "\nAdditionally, Frontier announced last week that it would begin Montego Bay, Jamaica service on May 28 with three weekly flights.
  • "With this level of service, Miami residents now have unprecedented access to affordable flights to take them to world-class destinations.

Thanksgiving brings busiest travel days since March

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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MIAMI, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --During the 12-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period from Friday, November 20, through Tuesday, December 1, Miami International Airport served more than 720,000 passengers.

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  • MIAMI, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --During the 12-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period from Friday, November 20, through Tuesday, December 1, Miami International Airport served more than 720,000 passengers.
  • On November 29, MIA tallied more than 75,000 passengers, making it the airport's busiest day since this March.
  • The rising numbers of passengers follow recent global industry recognition for MIA's health and safety efforts to increase passenger confidence and customer satisfaction.
  • With passenger safety continuing to be our highest priority, we look forward to serving more passengers with industry best practices."

Miami Maritime Passenger Boarding Bridge and Fix Tunnel up for Auction on GovDeals.com

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Friday, September 25, 2020
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MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami-Dade County , FL is selling an Adelte Seaport Hydra MS2 maritime passenger boarding bridge on GovDeals.com , an online government surplus auction site.

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  • MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami-Dade County , FL is selling an Adelte Seaport Hydra MS2 maritime passenger boarding bridge on GovDeals.com , an online government surplus auction site.
  • This bridge comes with an attached fix tunnel, manufactured in 2015, which allows service and maintenance to be performed directly to the bridge without hindering use.
  • The Maritime Passenger Bridge is most often used to transport passengers to and from land onto large cruise or ferry ships.
  • The passenger bridge is currently housed at the Port of Miami within the countys designated Cruise Terminal.

Papercast takes off at Miami International Airport

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
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LONDON and MIAMI, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Papercast, the world's leading provider of solar powered e-paper passenger information displays, has revealed that the 35,000+ employees at Miami International Airport (MIA) now benefit from real-time travel information when using the airport shuttle service.

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  • LONDON and MIAMI, July 15, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Papercast, the world's leading provider of solar powered e-paper passenger information displays, has revealed that the 35,000+ employees at Miami International Airport (MIA) now benefit from real-time travel information when using the airport shuttle service.
  • The solution combines Papercast e-paper signage installed at each bus stop integrated with the ETA Transit SPOT operations management and real-time tracking system.
  • Miami International Airport was attracted to the many benefits of Papercast e-paper displays.
  • "When clients like SP+ and Miami International Airport see how many ways these signs can be used to positively impact the rider experience, the conversation instantly changes from 'Can we afford signs?'

Landmark Recovery Announces Charitable Partnership with American Airlines Unions

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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Landmark Recovery today announced a charitable partnership with American Airlines , CWA , AFLCIO , CBTU and Farm Share to help American Airlines employees at the Miami-Dade Airport who, due to COVID, have seen a significant decrease in work hours.

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  • Landmark Recovery today announced a charitable partnership with American Airlines , CWA , AFLCIO , CBTU and Farm Share to help American Airlines employees at the Miami-Dade Airport who, due to COVID, have seen a significant decrease in work hours.
  • Landmark is participating in a food drive for the Miami-Dade Airport American Airlines union employees on July 9th.
  • At this event put together by CWA, and hosted at an American Airlines airplane hangar, Landmark volunteers will help provide boxes of food for CWA union members to help provide food for their families.
  • In addition to this food drive event, Landmark will be partnering with American Airlines, CWA, United Way, AFLCIO and many other local organizations to host a resource fair on July 14th at the Miami-Dade Airport for American Airlines union employees.

Mobility Innovation Lab Launched in Miami-Dade County

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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MIAMI, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Miami-Dade County and CoMotion today announced the launch of CoMotion LAB MIAMI, an unprecedented consortium of international, national and regional public and private stakeholders whose goal is improving mobility and transit in Miami-Dade County and Southern Florida.

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  • MIAMI, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Miami-Dade County and CoMotion today announced the launch of CoMotion LAB MIAMI, an unprecedented consortium of international, national and regional public and private stakeholders whose goal is improving mobility and transit in Miami-Dade County and Southern Florida.
  • Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez announced C-LAB MIAMI in keynote remarks opening the first edition of CoMotion MIAMI LIVE, a new annual gathering of global mobility and transit leaders.
  • C-LAB is designed as an advanced and connected urban playground for mobility innovation in which public rights of way in the County and in adjacent geographies are used to develop and validate new and commercially-viable transport technologies.
  • CoMotion LAB MIAMI (C-LAB) is an advanced and connected urban playground for mobility innovation in which public rights of way in Miami-Dade County and in adjacent geographies are used to develop and validate new and commercially-viable transport technologies.

Miami Maritime Passenger Boarding Bridge and Fix Tunnel up for Auction on GovDeals.com

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
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MIAMI, May 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami-Dade County, FL is selling a massive maritime passenger boarding bridge on GovDeals.com , an online government surplus auction site.

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  • MIAMI, May 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Miami-Dade County, FL is selling a massive maritime passenger boarding bridge on GovDeals.com , an online government surplus auction site.
  • Built in 2010, this passenger bridge is manufactured by Adelte Seaport, a leading international engineering company that provides equipment and services to cruise and ferry terminals.
  • The Maritime Passenger Bridge is most often used to transport passengers to and from land, onto large cruise or ferry ships.
  • The passenger bridge is currently housed at the Port of Miami within the countys designated Cruise Terminal.

Cubic to Reward Public Transit Riders with Rollout of Cubic Interactive

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Thursday, January 30, 2020
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Cubic Corporation today announced that its Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) business division launched Cubic Interactive a loyalty rewards platform that enables transit agencies and authorities to incentivize travel on public transportation.

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  • Cubic Corporation today announced that its Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) business division launched Cubic Interactive a loyalty rewards platform that enables transit agencies and authorities to incentivize travel on public transportation.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200130005310/en/
    Cubic Interactive on GO Miami-Dade Transit Mobile App: First-of-its-kind loyalty rewards platform for transit agencies.
  • Cubic Interactive offers unique benefits for not only advertisers, but also transit agencies and travelers all over the world, said Laurent Eskenazi, interim president of Cubic Transportation Systems.
  • We are thrilled to partner with Miami-Dade to introduce Cubic Interactive to the public transit space, said Robert Sprogis, senior product director of Cubic Transportation Systems.

Hamad International Airport Expansion: Airport Capacity to Soar to More Than 60 Million Passengers Annually

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Phase A of the current expansion will comprise of the central concourse linking concourses D and E. Construction is to commence by early 2020 and will increase the airport's capacity to more than 53 million passengers annually by 2022.

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  • Phase A of the current expansion will comprise of the central concourse linking concourses D and E. Construction is to commence by early 2020 and will increase the airport's capacity to more than 53 million passengers annually by 2022.
  • Phase B, which will be completed after 2022, will extend concourses D and E to further enhance the airport's capacity to more than 60 million passengers annually.
  • The terminal building will be the first airport in the MENA region to achieve a 4-star Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) rating.
  • HIA expansion will also see the construction of a new cargo terminal that will increase capacity handled to an estimated 3.2 million tons per year.