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Written by Nick | October 17, 2019

National Poll Shows Overwhelming Opposition To Proposed Increases In Airport Traveler Tax

A new survey of 1,608 registered voters nationwide conducted by Whitman Insight Strategies (WINS) indicates that 80% oppose increasing the PFC tax. Opposition to proposed PFC increases is bipartisan, with 83% of Democrats and 81% of Republican voters expressing their opposition in the poll.

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Written by Nick | October 17, 2019

Philly airport to overhaul SEPTA platforms with $1 million grant

A pair of state grants worth nearly $1 million will help Philadelphia International Airport transform the SEPTA platforms that run along its terminals. Funding from the grants will support structural and aesthetic at all four platforms without impacting service.

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Written by Nick | October 17, 2019

FAA grants totaling $16.6 million awarded to McAllen International Airport

$16.6 million is headed to the McAllen International Airport thanks to two airport improvement program grants by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Written by Nick | October 16, 2019

Santa Fe Airport Receives $2.39M to Rebuild Taxiway

The Santa Fe Regional Airport has received a $2.39 million Federal Aviation Administration airport infrastructure grant to rebuild the taxiway at the south end of the main runway, federal and city sources said.

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Written by Nick | October 16, 2019

Santa Teresa Airport trying to boost cargo flights with improvements

A $9 million improvement plan begins next week at a Southern New Mexico airport where officials want to expand the capability to land cargo planes. “The whole price tag is $25 million. Every time we get a new piece of money like the $9 million, we get closer to our ultimate goal of having full-blown

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Written by Nick | October 16, 2019

Ottumwa Airport Nearing End to Runway Construction

All summer long, the runway at Ottumwa Regional Airport has been undergoing construction. Now, the $6.5 million project appears to be nearing an end. “We’ll be able to land larger corporate jets; and what’s great about the project is that the FAA paid for about 90% of the project, the other ten is city. So,

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Written by Nick | October 15, 2019

Charlotte Douglas kicks off $600M expansion expected to last more than 5 years

Charlotte Douglas International Airport will soon break ground on a $600 million expansion and renovation of its terminal lobby. The lobby will extend over the old curbside dropoff and pickup road into the new road. The project is expected to last more than five years because the airport has to complete construction while remaining open

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Written by Nick | October 15, 2019

FAA grants will improve airports across Minnesota

Fourteen greater Minnesota airports are receiving just over $26 million dollars in federal funding for improvements. “Of the 133 public airports in the state about 70-percent of them receive federal funding. 100 percent of those 133 receive funding from the state. So all of these federal projects also had state participation,” said Cassandra Isackson, MnDOT’s

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Written by Nick | October 15, 2019

Colorado Springs $1.2M terminal remodel on track to open next spring

There’s a silver lining to the fire that damaged all three floors at the Colorado Springs Airport in April 2018, Aviation Director Greg Phillips said Monday, and it’s shining through now. For pennies on the dollar, Phillips said, the airport will be redone. Work on a third phase of construction began late last month and