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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...

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...

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...

Portland International Airport (PDX) this week opened six gates in its new Concourse E extension, the first new gates at the airport in nearly two decades. The 830-foot Concourse E extension is the new home of Southwest Airlines at PDX, International Airport and will...

The ability of airports to fund capital projects in the near term faces a stiff test due to pay-go funding liquidity issues, Fitch Ratings concludes in a new special report, “What Investors Want to Know: U.S. Transportation and the Coronavirus Crisis.” “Federal monies...

Airport restaurant and retail concessionaires will lose an estimated $3.4 billion from the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 to the end of 2021, according to data put forth by the Airport Restaurant & Retail Association (ARRA). The data is part of the...

The Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is under threat as these small business operators struggle to survive the pandemic and resulting sharp downturn in passenger traffic, according to the Airport Restaurant & Retail Association (ARRA)....

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is accepting leased space back from concessionaires with no penalty as the airport tries to right-size its program for current demand. The move comes even as DFW is faring better than most major airports, with traffic now...

JetBlue Airways’ Jacob Nussbaum struck a collaborative tone in remarks yesterday, stressing that all parties in aviation should work together to ensure passengers feel safe and secure as they return to flying. Nussbaum shared his thoughts on the weekly conference call...

Rent deferrals may be a necessary step in the renegotiation process for airport contracts with concessionaires and shouldn’t be discounted by concessionaires as inadequate, Stephen Martin, chief commercial officer, Vantage Airport Group, said on a conference call...