Miami Int’l Airport Opens Its First Multi-Sensory Room For Kids With Autism

A brand new Multi-Sensory Room for kids with autism and other special needs had it’s grand opening Friday at Miami International Airport. MIA’s ceremony for the room kicked off their celebration of Autism Awareness Month. The room is designed to be a quiet area for young passengers with cognitive or developmental disabilities such as autism […]

Norwegian to debut at Miami airport by moving its London flight from Fort Lauderdale

Low-cost Norwegian airline is making its Miami International Airport debut with a daily direct flight to London starting March 31. The Miami route will replace its current service from Fort Lauderdale. One-way flights on the budget airline will start at $159.90; meals, seating and checked baggage cost extra. Premium tickets — including reclining seats, meals, […]

Lufthansa launches biometric boarding at Miami International Airport

Lufthansa has introduced facial recognition cameras at its boarding gate at Miami International Airport. The cameras photograph passengers and match them against a database containing their picture to determine whether to approve them for boarding. The match is complete within two seconds, and the images come from previously submitted passport photos, visas or other travel […]

Miami airport and Brazilian Post Office launch expedited shipping for e-commerce

Miami International Airport (MIA) and Brazilian post office Correios have launched an expedited shipping service for e-commerce packages. The Compra Fora (Buy Outside) programme allows express global deliveries sent to Brazil via Miami to be pre-cleared by Correios, and arrive in Brazil as domestic cargo “within days” instead of what used to take weeks or […]

MIA surpassed 45 million passengers in 2018 for first time

Miami International Airport passed the 45-million-passenger milestone for the first time ever in 2018, serving nearly one million more travelers than the previous year. The busiest U.S. airport for international freight also set a new record of 2.3 million tons of freight, adding 60,000 tons to the 2017 total. MIA served nearly 21.9 million international […]

MIA Welcomes Amazon Air as Company Continues to Expand

Miami International Airport is now part of Amazon Air’s cargo flight operations. The company has launched double-daily freighter service at MIA to destinations across the U.S. The new cargo service is being operated by Atlas Air Worldwide with Boeing 767-300F aircraft, and includes an onsite facility to sort packages bound for their next destination. «I […]