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Airport Liquidity Key To Ratings Stability, Fitch Executive Says
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to traffic declines at unprecedented levels, exceeding past disruption events, Seth Lehman, senior director, U.S. airports, for Fitch Ratings said in a webinar Wednesday. “And unlike past disruption events, where recovery is speedy, this...
AXN Announces Virtual Summit
Airport Experience News will host the AX Virtual Summit, an online educational event for airports and airport concessions operators in North America, on March 2 and 3, 2021. The AX Virtual Summit will take place on dates originally slated for the annual Airport...
Partnerships Key To Recovery, Concessionaires Stress
Leaders of the four largest concessions companies in North America on Wednesday stressed the importance of continuing partnerships with airports as a means to weather the business downturn the pandemic has wrought. Roger Fordyce, CEO and director of Hudson; Steve...
New Administration, New Hopes For Aviation Funds
After a $10 billion COVID-19 relief package passed last summer and a smaller $2 billion in supplemental money approved in December for airports, the industry is now turning its efforts toward funding for 2021. “We're expecting another round of coronavirus relief to be...
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MKE Beefs Up Anti-Human Trafficking Program
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) this week became the latest U.S. airport to launch efforts to identify and stop human trafficking, as the airport introduced signage throughout the terminal asking for help in spotting signs of human trafficking. MKE said...
LAX Adds Rapid COVID-19 Tests
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this week said it is now offering rapid antigen COVID-19 tests with results in 30 minutes in addition to the rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests with results in as little as 3-5 hours already available through the...
SFO Announces Human Trafficking Initiative
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week announced the launch of a new initiative to combat human trafficking, an illegal industry which often uses airports to move victims from place to place. As part of the effort, SFO has installed 910 placards in...
TPA to Become the First U.S. Airport with 5G
Tampa International Airport (TPA) said this week it will soon become the first U.S. airport to offer 5G mobile speeds to passengers across the nation's three major cellular carriers. TPA said 5G is already available on AT&T and Verizon in the Main Terminal and...
THREE QUESTIONS
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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