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Griffin Officially Chosen to Lead RNO
Daren Griffin has been officially named the president and CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (RTAA), operator of Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO), succeeding Marily Mora, who is retiring after 19 years with the authority. Griffin brings decades of aviation...
Pandemic Paves Way For Rethinking Costs, Contracts
Southwest Airlines’ Senior Advisor Bob Montgomery and Cheryl Nashir, acting chief commercial officer at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) each struck an upbeat tone Wednesday as they called for all segments of the travel industry to work together to overcome...
ARRA, AMAC Issue Call To Action On Federal Relief Bill
The Airport Restaurant & Retail Association (ARRA) and the Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC) put out a call to action to the airport concessions industry Wednesday, urging stakeholders to contact their U.S. senators to push for financial relief for...
BNA To Open Fourth Major Concourse
Nashville International Airport (BNA) will open its new Concourse D on July 17, adding six domestic aircraft gates,115,000 square feet of terminal space. The $292 million, 25-month-long project, part of the larger BNA Vision overhaul, is anchored by the new Concourse...
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ACI Data Shows Pandemic’s Ongoing Devastation
Airports Council International (ACI) released new data that reveals the ongoing devastation the pandemic is having on air travel, reporting global passenger traffic declined by 91.3 percent year-over-year in May and is off 52.5 percent during the first five months of...
DeFazio Proposes Federal Aviation Mask Law
Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio (D) and more than a dozen other U.S. Congressional members have introduced the Healthy Flights Act of 2020, a proposed new law that includes the requirement that all passengers wear masks onboard aircraft and within airports....
ECP Terminal Expansion Welcomed
The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) this week unveiled its brand-new terminal expansion, adding 7,000 square feet of new space and two redeveloped gates. American Airlines will be operating at one gate and the other will be utilized to...
PlayersTV Inks Deal with ReachTV
Sports lifestyle content platform PlayersTV announced a new multi-faceted distribution agreement with ReachTV to provide a branded channel for ReachTV’s airport, in-hotel and digital network. PlayersTV provides unique content and investor partnerships with athletes...
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Three Questions with Phil Seward, SVP Loyalty Strategy – Americas for Collinson
Global loyalty and benefits company Collinson has been focusing on customer engagement in airports. One of its projects, Grab, the mobile app that allows travelers to order food from airport concessions through their phones and pick it up when it’s ready, has gained...
Three Questions with Goutam Kundu, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Office of Technology, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Biometric technology is coming up quickly, with decision-makers in a variety of industries looking to new technology to build their userbase and streamline their operations. While an abundance of available software already makes biometric identification possible, the...
Three Questions With Peter Chambers, Co-Founder & COO Of Sleepbox
Micro-hotel brand Sleepbox debuted at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) earlier this year. Founded by M.I.T. students Mikhail Krymov, Peter Chambers, and Alexei Goryainov in 2016, Sleepbox offers an in-airport option for everything from quick recharges to...
Three Questions with Robert Poole, Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation
Funding for the airport industry remains in flux. Congress last year passed a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration without increasing the passenger facility charge that helps airports build infrastructure. And, while there seems to be wide agreement...
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