Gate greetings and send-offs were once among the most emotionally important parts of a trip. People would wait just outside the arrival gate door, sometimes while dressed in goofy getups while toting ...

ROMULUS, MI - Those needing assistance to get to their gate at Detroit Metro Airport will no longer need someone to push them in a wheelchair while trying to manage their own luggage at the same time.

Once the chair has dropped off the passenger to its gate, it automatically returns to its base to wait for the next passenger. Each chair travels at the same speed as the airport's moving walkway ...