Colorado Springs will lose another 200 plus jobs next year when bicycle parts manufacturer RockShox closes its manufacturing plant here in favor of cheap Taiwan labor. The decision to close the local plant was based on saving labor costs and to be closer to bicycle manufacturers that purchase its high-end mountain bike shock absorbers. Schwinn, [...]
Continue reading …For those who follow real estate activity to the north, this information may be interesting. Schuck Update Dennis Champine has been named vice president of TransPort, the 6,300 acre transportation/distribution/business center in Aurora (contiguous to the Front Range Airport in Adams County), under development by Colorado Springs’ own Schuck Corporation. Champine served two four-year terms [...]
Continue reading …Many are the war birds that helped win World War II and the Korean War. They are fighters, bombers, helicopters, and training aircraft, restored by aviation buffs, and in some cases by the aviators who flew them. They will be on show May 18 and 19 at the old Colorado Springs airport. The attraction is [...]
Continue reading …More of the airport’s “elite”-level frequent flyers live in the Monument to Castle Rock area than any other ZIP code between Pueblo and Littleton, according to the study. Over half of the 377 people surveyed in 10-12-minute telephone interviews travel for business and leisure purposes — only 9 percent travel only for business and 37 [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Airport has chalked up good scores in the airport-competition game, and a new marketing effort aims to keep the flights coming. “Airline boardings are critical for us,” said Mary Collins, the airport’s director of marketing. “Airlines go where they can make money. We have to keep the flight service we have and add [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Airport will receive at least three $600,000 machines this summer — possibly June or July — that screen luggage for explosives and other contraband, and the airport may get additional machines. Airport director of marketing, Mary Collins, said the machines are very big, and logistics planning is underway to determine how best to [...]
Continue reading …Frequent-flyer program members are significantly more likely (72 percent) than non-members (60 percent) or “elite” frequent-flyer memberships (59 percent) to book flights online, according to a recent Colorado Springs Airport marketing study. Most flyers book their own flights, with only 27 percent saying they use a corporate travel planner. Business travelers typically book flights with [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs Airport is exploring ways to improve its business-traveler amenities. Airport director of marketing, Mary Collins, said a partnership with a third-party service provider, such as Kinko’s, might be a possibility, or installing technology-enabled kiosks or individual business workstations. The amenities were discussed in a recent airport marketing survey, which offered insights into [...]
Continue reading …Steven Reycraft lost his driver’s license, but still needed to get around. Bus? Too slow. Hitchhiking? Not dependable and potentially dangerous. Bicycles? Requires a level of physical fitness most people lack. What to do, what to do? Reycraft found a solution – not without some drawbacks – but it beats most of the alternatives, and [...]
Continue reading …Perhaps it was planned that way. As the 18th annual Space Symposium was coming to an end last week, the last of the Titan rockets rolled out at Lockheed Martin’s Waterton Canyon facility. Titans have launched satellites and spacecraft into orbit for over 40 years. They launched several two-man Gemini missions in the 1960s, launched [...]
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