During August, 481,185 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 11.5 percent compared to August 2016. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 3.3 percent from the same period last year. The traffic leader in August was Delta Air Lines with 117,288 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding […]
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FAA Brings Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower to Key West
A mobile air traffic control tower has arrived at Key West International Airport in Florida after a road trip down the East Coast by trailer from Hartford, CT. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) repositioned the fully-equipped tower to provide air traffic services for all of the aircraft operating in and out of Key West that […]
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTS JULY TRAFFIC
During July, 530,428 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 9.6 percent compared to July 2016. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 2.6 percent from the same period last year. The traffic leader in July was Delta Air Lines with 126,717 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding […]
TAP Air Portugal Lands First-Ever 70’s Retro Flight in U.S.
TAP Air Portugal, the 72 year-old Portuguese national carrier, recently debuted its first “retro” aircraft livery in Miami, after a flight from Lisbon, featuring an aircraft design it first used in the 1950s. The aircraft, an A330, has been named “Portugal” as a tribute to both Portugal and its people. The classic image chosen for […]
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTS RECORD JUNE TRAFFIC
During June, 528,383 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 7.3 percent compared to June 2016. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 2 percent from the same period last year. The traffic leader in June was Delta Air Lines with 132,106 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding […]
Lee County Port Authority Names Shawn Chamberlain Police Chief
The Lee County Port Authority (LCPA) has named Shawn Chamberlain as chief of the Airport Police Department, responsible for public safety and security at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers. Chamberlain comes to LCPA with more than 19 years of law enforcement experience. Most recently, he served as the deputy chief […]
Groom Aviation Taps Wichita Talent for Communications Role
The Florida-based consulting firm, Groom Aviation, today announced its expansion of the team with the addition of a Communications Director, Rebecca Groom Jacobs. Jacobs joins Groom Aviation following a three-year tenure at the renowned advertising agency, Sullivan Higdon & Sink (SHS) in Wichita, Kansas. Prior to SHS, she served on the marketing team at Piper […]
Spirit Airlines to Connect Hartford and Pittsburgh to Fort Myers and Tampa
South Florida’s Hometown Airline is delivering more sunshine and more service to its two newest cities. Just in time for winter, Spirit will begin service to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers and Tampa International Airport (TPA) from Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). The daily seasonal flights will […]
Daher salutes the certification of SIMCOM’s first TBM 930 simulator
The first TBM 930 simulator – a high-fidelity Flight Training Device (FTD) – has just been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, enabling its service entry next month in courses at Florida-based SIMCOM Aviation Training, which is Daher’s U.S. training partner. This FTD reproduces the exact cockpit environment of Daher’s latest TBM 930 very fast […]
U.S. Rep. John Mica Named 2017 ACC Aviation Award of Excellence Recipient
The Airport Consultants Council (ACC) has announced the selection of former Florida Congressman and Chair of the House Transportation Committee John Mica as the recipient of the 2017 ACC Aviation Award of Excellence. The award will be presented on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 during the ACC 39th Annual Conference and Exposition awards luncheon in San […]
