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Federal grant triples airport budget compared to 2018

The North Platte Airport Authority board Monday night unanimously adopted a 2019-20 budget that nearly tripled from last year due to a multimillion-dollar federal grant. Next year’s $9.28 million airport budget — including just over $7 million in projects funded by federal Airport Improvement Program grants — will be 182.1% higher than the spending plan
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Northwest Arkansas airport renovations in the works

Enplanements and revenue are at all-time highs at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport at Highfill, so directors broadly agreed last week to go ahead with as many capital projects as they can over the next decade. “We’ve essentially got direction now for 10 years’ worth of capital spending, potentially $200 million worth,” said Aaron Burkes, CEO
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Airline tax hike would unfairly hit Maine passengers

This would fall especially hard on travelers going places via most of Maine’s airports. Because of the way flights are arranged currently, connecting flights are a huge ingredient of getting people places. This increase in the PFC would be, effectively, a tax on connecters. …Families, businessmen, and farmers would be forced to pay
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Boston airport plans 5-year, $2B improvement project

$2 billion of significant upgrades are planned for Logan International Airport over the next five years. The improvements include more gates, new retail and dining facilities, thousands of new parking spaces and solar panels that will generate more energy than what’s needed for the curb lighting outside Terminal C.
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New Orleans airport’s new terminal still set to open ‘this fall’

Construction of the terminal and new roadways will cost $1.3 billion, with passengers and state and federal government footing most of the bill. The new terminal will feature a soaring roof, 35 gates – the same number as now, but better organized – upgraded concessions and a centralized checkpoint to prevent the bottlenecks that occur
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Wyoming airport receives $350,000 runway reconstruction design grant

Cheyenne Regional Airport has received a $350,000 federal airport infrastructure grant for a runway reconstruction design project. The grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program will be administered by the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division. The total cost for reconstructing the runway is about $40 million. The majority of the funding,
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