Urban Indiana

South Bend Airport building capacity with $70M repavement project

Classes resume this week at the University of Notre Dame, meaning South Bend's busiest travel season is just around the corner. And, as Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish ramp up practice before their home opener Sept. 2 against Tennessee State, South Bend International Airport CEO Mike Daigle is prepping his team for an expected increase in traffic brought by game day fans.

Notre Dame fans historically travel well, Daigle said, but training staff for this year's football travel season comes with an additional set of considerations.

The airport is midway through a multi-year, $70 million terminal apron and taxiway reconstruction project that is decades in the making. Since terminal apron construction began this spring, the airport has closed a couple gates at a time to not only replace aging concrete nearest the airport's nine-gate concourse, but also to dig up nearly 35,000 cubic yards of dirt to lessen the height of its terminal apron, the section of concrete closest to the airport gates where planes park to board passengers.

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Allegiant adds nonstop flights in Evansville, South Bend

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. is adding nearly a dozen nonstop flights round the country, including two out of airports in Indiana, the airline announced Monday.

Beginning in mid-June, the airline will offer a flight from Evansville Regional Airport to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, as well as a flight from South Bend International Airport to McGhee Tyson Airport near Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Evansville and South Bend flights will offer one-way fares as low as $49 and $45, respectively.

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