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SFO Launches Rapid Employee Virus Testing
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is partnering with Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care on the first rapid COVID-19 testing program for airport employees in the U.S., providing results in less than an hour. Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care said response...
DEN, Uber Partner on ExpressMatch
Denver International Airport (DEN) has partnered with Uber on ExpressMatch, a new program to reduce wait-times for airport ride share passengers by pre-staging vehicles at the terminal's curbside. ExpressMatch, first piloted in late June at DEN, reduces passengers...
McBride Named MEM Director of Properties
Jason McBride has been promoted to director of properties at the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) where he will oversee the day-to-day management of concessions, ground transportation, public and employee parking, telephone systems at Memphis...
MIA Gets New Security Screening Tech
Miami International Airport (MIA) has introduced seven state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanners at six Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints that let travelers leave laptops and other electronic devices in their carry-on bags during the...
Nevill to Oversee COS Air Service Development
The City of Colorado Springs has appointed aviation veteran Joe Nevill as their new air service development manager for Colorado Springs Airport (COS). Nevill brings more than 27 years of network and air schedule development experience to his new position, most...
MAG USA Revamps Executive Team
MAG USA said this week it has merged their existing team and their recently acquired team from airportparkingreservations.com (APR), parksleepfly.com (PSF) and shuttlefinder.com (SF) into a new executive structure as it looks to continue to expand its North American...
ACI World Launches Check & Fly App
Airports Council International (ACI) World this week launched a new smart phone app which provides passengers with information about the health measures in place at individual airports around the world. The Check & Fly app is a way for airports to communicate to...
Dufry Completes Acquisition of Hudson Shares
Airport retailer Hudson announced that its majority shareholder Dufry AG Group will acquire all equity interests in Hudson that it does not already own. Dufry had a 57.4 percent ownership of the East Rutherford, NJ-based Hudson prior to this week’s move and the $7.70...
Delaware North, Grab Partner on ATL Virtual Kiosks
Delaware North is partnering with airport e-commerce platform Grab on the first virtual kiosk offering at several restaurants at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The virtual kiosks – which went live last month at Delaware North-operated airport...
XpresSpa Expands XpresCheck Testing to EWR
The XpresSpa Group said it has signed a contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to provide diagnostic COVID-19 testing at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) through its XpresCheck brand. The deal follows the successful launch in...