The Cleveland Plain Dealer – The international arrivals area including the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s Federal Inspection Service (FIS) facilities at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport have been renovated in anticipation of Icelandic flights doubling the number of international travelers passing through the airport. It’s good news for travelers who found the previous customs …
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Spirit Airlines Employee Accused of Stabbing Co-Worker at Hopkins
FOX NEWS – A Spirit Airlines employee at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has been accused of stabbing a co-worker with a scissors in the heat of an argument. Vonda Gardner, 38, was charged with felonious assault after allegedly jabbing a fellow Spirit employee in the stomach and also injuring his hand at around 19:00 …
Hopkins Begins Testing New Inline Baggage Screening Systems
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER – Departing passengers will no longer have to carry their suitcases, after check-in, to a separate TSA baggage drop-off location, beginning Thursday, October 19, in the south end of CLE’s ticketing lobby. Instead, suitcases will be placed on a conveyor belt behind the ticket counter, and sent out of sight to …
Akron-Canton Becomes the First to Offer Self-Sanitizing Bins at TSA
THE CANTON REPOSITORY – Akron-Canton Airport has teamed with Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls to become the first airport using nano-technology to provide cleaner bins in the TSA lines. Travelers at Akron-Canton Airport will notice orange liners on the handles and mats inside bins used in the security line before entering the boarding area. …