Massachusetts Port Authority

Logan International Airport will hold an annual drill Wednesday to check the readiness of snow-removal equipment. Each year, the Massachusetts Port Authority tests more than 50 pieces of equipment that keep the airport runway and taxiways open and safe.

Enda Kenny, prime minister of Ireland, was scheduled to mark the opening of a Boston office of the Irish security firm Netwatch at a ceremony last night. It will be Netwatch's US headquarters as it expands its crime prevention business to North America. The company, which monitors 20,000 cameras for about 2,000 clients worldwide, already has contracts in the Boston area, including with the Massachusetts Port Authority. Netwatch expects to hire up to 100 people over the next three years and invest $4 million in its US expansion.

Enda Kenny, prime minister of Ireland, was scheduled to mark the opening of a Boston office of the Irish security firm Netwatch at a ceremony last night. It will be Netwatch's US headquarters as it expands its crime prevention business to North America. The company, which monitors 20,000 cameras for about 2,000 clients worldwide, already has contracts in the Boston area, including with the Massachusetts Port Authority. Netwatch expects to hire up to 100 people over the next three years and invest $4 million in its US expansion.

Logan International Airport is getting a $140 million baggage screening system to replace what was the first system in the country to screen every piece of checked baggage via a conveyor belt. The new system will allow bags to pass through more quickly, airport officials said. The project will be funded with a $68 million grant from the Transportation Security Administration for an upgraded baggage belt system and centralized screening facility, and $22 million from the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Logan, to renovate screening rooms and build new ones.

Logan International Airport has launched a $65 million project that will close the airport's longest runway for at least six months and extend it hundreds of feet into Boston Harbor. The project, which began in June, has required careful orchestration to balance environmental and neighbors' concerns with the pounding of pile drivers and the arrival and departure of about 1,100 flights a day. "This is a project that costs a lot of money, and we will hopefully never have to use it," said Edward C. Freni, the airport's director of aviation.

Boston’s business and tourism industries yesterday were buzzing with the news of the new nonstop service between Logan International Airport and Tokyo, which they say could significantly increase travel and business opportunities in Japan and other parts of Asia. The new 13 ½-hour Japan Airlines flight, which is slated to begin in April in partnership with American Airlines, will enable travelers to shave as much as six hours off the time it currently takes Boston passengers to connect through other cities to get to Tokyo.

Logan International Airport is getting a $140 million baggage screening system to replace what was the first system in the country to screen every piece of checked baggage via a conveyor belt. The new system will allow bags to pass through more quickly, airport officials said. The project will be funded with a $68 million grant from the Transportation Security Administration for an upgraded baggage belt system and centralized screening facility, and $22 million from the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Logan, to renovate screening rooms and...

More passengers flew in and out of Boston in December than they did during the same period a year ago, the sixth straight month of year-over-year traffic increases at Logan International Airport. Airport officials attribute the rising passenger volume to the four airlines that began service at Logan last year. Logan finished 2009 below its 2008 passenger volume, with 2.3 percent fewer people flying, but the decline is less than the 7 percent drop Logan officials had predicted. Southwest, Sun Country, Virgin America, and Porter airlines all began flying out of Logan...

You're stuck at the airport, and your connection doesn't board for hours. If you're in Las Vegas, you can grab a workout in Terminal 1 -- even if you didn't pack gym clothes in your carry-on. If you're in Bombay, Tokyo, or Copenhagen, you can sack out in a nap room for an hourly rate. If you're in Boston? Well, you can shop or eat, or, for a snooze, slump over in your chair and develop a nice crick in your neck. Many US airports scaled up retail and meal options during recent face lifts.

The severe winter storms blanketing parts of Europe with snow and ice are having a ripple effect on local holiday travel this week as airlines cancel flights between London and Logan International Airport. All but a few of the 12 daily Logan and Heathrow Airport arrivals and departures were canceled Saturday and Sunday, and more were scrapped yesterday and today as severe weather conditions continue to hobble Europe’s busiest airport. American Airlines canceled its four daily flights between Boston and London yesterday and anticipated having just one flight in and...

In a move timed to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI's Boston bureau and the Massachusetts Port Authority announced yesterday the opening of a self-contained "nerve center" for a counterterrorism task force based at Logan International Airport. It is the first center of its kind based at a US airport. The office, described as an annex, will serve as a base of operations for representatives from about 20 local, state, and federal agencies making up the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force, and it will enable better communication and cooperation among law enforcement agencies...

Logan International Airport has launched a $65 million project that will close the airport's longest runway for at least six months and extend it hundreds of feet into Boston Harbor. The project, which began in June, has required careful orchestration to balance environmental and neighbors' concerns with the pounding of pile drivers and the arrival and departure of about 1,100 flights a day. "This is a project that costs a lot of money, and we will hopefully never have to use it," said Edward C. Freni, the airport's director of aviation.

The Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing an expanded behavior-detection security program today at Logan International Airport, the first airport in the nation to roll out the enhanced screening method. Under the program, TSA officers will speak with every passenger passing through the Terminal A security checkpoint, asking each two or three questions, such as "Where are you traveling today?" or "How long have you been in town?" Officials said the intent is to detect suspicious behavior - such as someone sweating profusely or avoiding eye contact - a...

Boston’s business and tourism industries yesterday were buzzing with the news of the new nonstop service between Logan International Airport and Tokyo, which they say could significantly increase travel and business opportunities in Japan and other parts of Asia. The new 13 ½-hour Japan Airlines flight, which is slated to begin in April in partnership with American Airlines, will enable travelers to shave as much as six hours off the time it currently takes Boston passengers to connect through other cities to get to Tokyo.

Flight delays. Gate changes. Parking availability. Airport restaurants. All this information and more (think: where to catch a cab or find the nearest ATM) is now available on an app being rolled out by a local company for travelers at Logan International Airport. The free app, goHow Airport, was launched by Boston-based SapientNitro last year at Denver International Airport and is now available at 82 airports around the world, from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. The app can be used on Apple’s iPhone, the BlackBerry, and tablet computers.

The severe winter storms blanketing parts of Europe with snow and ice are having a ripple effect on local holiday travel this week as airlines cancel flights between London and Logan International Airport. All but a few of the 12 daily Logan and Heathrow Airport arrivals and departures were canceled Saturday and Sunday, and more were scrapped yesterday and today as severe weather conditions continue to hobble Europe’s busiest airport. American Airlines canceled its four daily flights between Boston and London yesterday and anticipated having...

When the Massachusetts Port Authority takes possession of Worcester Regional Airport from the City of Worcester on July 1, it will be inheriting a debt-ridden operation in need of improvement. Runways need repaving, the landing system doesn’t allow planes to land in the lowest levels of visibility, hangars are outdated, and the road to the 64-year-old airport winds through five miles of city streets. But Massport, which operates Logan International Airport in Boston and has run the Worcester airport for a decade, says the facility will be an asset as demand for air travel increases and the number of...

The Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing an expanded behavior-detection security program today at Logan International Airport, the first airport in the nation to roll out the enhanced screening method. Under the program, TSA officers will speak with every passenger passing through the Terminal A security checkpoint, asking each two or three questions, such as "Where are you traveling today?" or "How long have you been in town?" Officials said the intent is to detect suspicious behavior - such as someone sweating profusely or avoiding eye...

Striding through Terminal B at Logan International Airport yesterday morning on his annual day-before-Thanksgiving inspection tour, the Massachusetts Port Authority’s chief executive, Thomas Kinton, liked what he saw: sparkling floors, festive holiday wreaths, and most important, no apparent snarls in security lines from a threatened protest by passengers. “We had a quiet morning this morning?’’ he asked a Transportation Security Administration officer, John Sherwood. “Everything’s going extra smooth,’’ Sherwood said.

Logan International Airport will hold an annual drill Wednesday to check the readiness of snow-removal equipment. Each year, the Massachusetts Port Authority tests more than 50 pieces of equipment that keep the airport runway and taxiways open and safe.