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2025 ACDBE of Distinction: PLENTY Mercantile

Editor’s Note: Airport Experience News launched the ACDBE of Distinction awards in 2024 to honor small, Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises-certified firms that excel in their field. The program continues this year. PLENTY Mercantile, owned by Traci...

2025 ACDBE of Distinction: Concord Collective

Editor’s Note: Airport Experience News launched the ACDBE of Distinction awards in 2024 to honor small, Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises-certified firms that excel in their field. The program continues this year. Greg Plummer, founder of Concord...

Transborder Traffic Declines While Canada’s Domestic Travel Thrives

Trans-border travel from Canada to the United States dipped in April, marking the fourth straight month of declines amidst heightened tensions between the two countries. The decreases come as anti-American sentiment in Canada is on the rise due to newly imposed...

Avports Appoints New CEO

Airport management company Avports has named Marc Ricks as CEO.  Ricks, a veteran in infrastructure and real estate development and operations executive, brings more than two decades of experience in infrastructure, real estate, operations, and public-private...
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Murray Departs SSP America; Mboya Named Interim CEO

Pat Murray has taken the decision to leave SSP America to pursue a freelance career in the aviation sector, the company confirmed in a media statement today. “Having worked at SSP America for almost 20 years and most recently as CEO for the region, [Murray] has come...

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PHL Selects New Park Assist Partner

PHL Selects New Park Assist Partner

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will install a Automated Parking Guidance System (APGS) from TKH Security’s Park Assist Solution in its new eight floor, 4,688-space parking garage. The partnership, part of the airport’s Park PHL initiative, will outfit PHL’s...

YYZ Opens EOIs For F&B, Retail

YYZ Opens EOIs For F&B, Retail

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has launched a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a new wave of food and beverage and retail locations at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The competitive EOI process includes a total of 14 commercial...

PSP Launches Project-Tracking Website

PSP Launches Project-Tracking Website

Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) has launched a new project-tracking website. Progress PSP will give travelers an inside look at ongoing airport projects, including information on each project’s cost, funding source and timeline sorted by status from planning...

PIT To Develop New Onsite SAF Production Facility

PIT To Develop New Onsite SAF Production Facility

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Avina Synthetic Aviation Fuel have announced a partnership to develop the first on-airport sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility. Avina will construct an onsite SAF facility that employs PureSAFSM, an...

CAC Report Encourages Regional Air Service Development

CAC Report Encourages Regional Air Service Development

The Canadian Airports Council (CAC) has released a new report analyzing the strength of regional airports as well as recommending measures to further develop their infrastructure. The report, prepared by InterVISTAS Consulting and commissioned by the CAC and entitled...

Travel Anxiety On The Rise, Survey Shows

Travel Anxiety On The Rise, Survey Shows

Fourteen percent of frequent travelers in the U.S. have canceled their plans entirely due to growing concerns about flying, according to new data published by Coventry Direct.  In a survey of more than 3,400 people across 48 states, the report on Americans’ travel...

ACT Appoints Airport Manager

ACT Appoints Airport Manager

Waco Regional Airport (ACT) has named James Harris its next airport manager. Harris, who will begin his role on June 16, most recently served as airport manager of Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF). Prior to his tenure at SAF, Harris worked in leadership roles at Clovis...

IAD Unveils Ben’s Chili Bowl

IAD Unveils Ben’s Chili Bowl

Dulles International Airport (IAD) celebrated the arrival of Washington D.C.-based Ben’s Chili Bowl with a ribbon cutting by the restaurant’s 92-year-old founder Virginia Ali, live music, a live mural painting by D.C. artist Aniekan Udofia, commemorative T-shirts and...

CMH To Debut Autonomous Pizza Restaurant

CMH To Debut Autonomous Pizza Restaurant

Columbus-based Donatos Pizza will debut its first fully autonomous, 24/7 location at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH). The airport outpost, opened in partnership with Donatos sister company Agápe Automation and food tech company Appetronix, will open in...

New Concourse Approved At MIA

New Concourse Approved At MIA

The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners has approved construction on a new concourse at Miami International Airport (MIA). The New Concourse K, a $600.6-million portion of MIA’s $9-billion Future-Ready Modernization in Action plan, will add six new gates;...

CHS Opens Kardea Brown’s Southern Kitchen

CHS Opens Kardea Brown’s Southern Kitchen

Charleston International Airport (CHS) has unveiled its latest dining concept — the celebrity chef-backed Kardea Brown's Southern Kitchen located in the airport’s Central Hall. Operated in partnership with Delaware North, the restaurant pays homage to the New York...

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AVL Names New CFO

AVL Names New CFO

Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) has named Amy Harris as its next CFO. An industry veteran of over 13 years, Harris currently serves as the financial planning and analysis manager at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). “I am thrilled to join the Greater...

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PHL Selects New Park Assist Partner

PHL Selects New Park Assist Partner

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will install a Automated Parking Guidance System (APGS) from TKH Security’s Park Assist Solution in its new eight floor, 4,688-space parking garage. The partnership, part of the airport’s Park PHL initiative, will outfit PHL’s...

read more
YYZ Opens EOIs For F&B, Retail

YYZ Opens EOIs For F&B, Retail

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has launched a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a new wave of food and beverage and retail locations at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The competitive EOI process includes a total of 14 commercial...

read more
PSP Launches Project-Tracking Website

PSP Launches Project-Tracking Website

Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) has launched a new project-tracking website. Progress PSP will give travelers an inside look at ongoing airport projects, including information on each project’s cost, funding source and timeline sorted by status from planning...

read more
Travel Anxiety On The Rise, Survey Shows

Travel Anxiety On The Rise, Survey Shows

Fourteen percent of frequent travelers in the U.S. have canceled their plans entirely due to growing concerns about flying, according to new data published by Coventry Direct.  In a survey of more than 3,400 people across 48 states, the report on Americans’ travel...

read more
ACT Appoints Airport Manager

ACT Appoints Airport Manager

Waco Regional Airport (ACT) has named James Harris its next airport manager. Harris, who will begin his role on June 16, most recently served as airport manager of Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF). Prior to his tenure at SAF, Harris worked in leadership roles at Clovis...

read more
IAD Unveils Ben’s Chili Bowl

IAD Unveils Ben’s Chili Bowl

Dulles International Airport (IAD) celebrated the arrival of Washington D.C.-based Ben’s Chili Bowl with a ribbon cutting by the restaurant’s 92-year-old founder Virginia Ali, live music, a live mural painting by D.C. artist Aniekan Udofia, commemorative T-shirts and...

read more
CMH To Debut Autonomous Pizza Restaurant

CMH To Debut Autonomous Pizza Restaurant

Columbus-based Donatos Pizza will debut its first fully autonomous, 24/7 location at John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH). The airport outpost, opened in partnership with Donatos sister company Agápe Automation and food tech company Appetronix, will open in...

read more

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