Tag: CLT

Irate CLT passengers keep griping about TSA lines. What’s behind all the delays?

Waiting in long security lines at Charlotte’s airport is becoming an increasingly frustrating experience for passengers as the summer travel season grinds on in the midst of what airport officials expects will be record crowds. Passengers took to social media recently to gripe about going through long lines at checkpoints for the Transportation Security Administration […]

International airline puts CLT on destination wish list

Turkish Airlines recently launched its 14th destination in the U.S. with a direct route to Denver, but the expansion won’t stop there — Charlotte is in the carrier’s sights. Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat told Travel Weekly in an interview that it’s added Charlotte Douglas International Airport to its wish list of future U.S. destinations, […]

Crash closes ramp to I-485 Outer from Independence Boulevard

A crash in Matthews is causing delays for commuters taking I-485 from Independence Boulevard. >>> SEE ALTERNATE ROUTES WITH TRAFFIC TEAM 9 Matthews Police Department posted a traffic alert to Facebook around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. This embedded content is not available in your region. There’s no timeline for when the ramp will re-open, according to […]

VP Kamala Harris coming to Charlotte to announce climate investments

Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Charlotte on Thursday. Harris will give a speech at the Naomi Drenan Center on the Biden administration’s investments to combat climate change. VP Harris visit will be departing uptown during afternoon rush. For security purposes exact place, times and route are not given BUT…I would avoid #uptown including John […]

CLT city leaders may up penalties for public urination, panhandling

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Charlotte City Council members discussed Monday recriminalizing infractions that Uptown residents say pose a public health risk. City leaders have the option to increase the penalty for drinking alcohol on public property, sleeping in parks and soliciting cash in the street or median. They may also enforce harsher penalties […]