In the past 12 months, Coastal Carolina Regional Airport\n(EWN) delivered multi-dimensional progress on a scale that was truly\ntransformational. The significant accomplishments fall into three main\ncategories and position EWN as one of the nation’s most visionary,\nforward-looking airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Partnerships & Business Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The partnerships that Coastal Carolina Regional Airport has\nmade in the past year combine the best minds, organizations, and businesses in\nthe region to make EWN the best it can be. For example, EWN developed an\nadvocacy and partnership network with Visit North Carolina, NCDOT’s Ferry\nDivision, and key Tourism Development Authorities, including Visit New Bern,\nthe Crystal Coast, The Outer Banks, and Ocracoke Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, EWN built an extensive partner database to\nsupport air service development, including multiple business segments,\naccommodations, tourism attractions\/vendors, and real estate\/relocation\ncategories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EWN has also created more partnerships with air carriers by\nestablishing air service incentives, a first for EWN, and conducting ongoing\nbriefings with air carriers to recruit service at EWN, including Allegiant,\nSpirit, American, SkyWest, Delta, and Avelo Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EWN formalized a Commercial Ground Transportation policy,\ncontracting with seven Transportation Network Companies, and started\ndiscovering and understanding a master plan to support the revenue\ndiversification for the Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Branding & Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past year, EWN has made strides to position the\narea and Coastal Carolina Regional Airport as the gateway to coastal North\nCarolina and as a hub for travel to anywhere. A new website, FlyEWN.com, has a\ndual focus on airport communications while promoting outbound air travel and\nthe inbound destinations EWN serves. The website does this by integrating with\nairline booking engines, parking platforms, and an invoicing platform while\nalso containing rich content on travel destinations, which link to destination\npartner sites, further enhancing the user’s experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EWN\u2019s positioning was also reinforced via the Airport’s\nsocial media channels, which have seen an increased posting frequency and reach\ndue to a more comprehensive strategy and implementation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, EWN has launched a monthly update newsletter\nfor internal and external communications with more than 3,000 subscribers and\ngrowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The terminal has also undergone extensive re-branding for an\nenhanced sense of arrival through eye-catching destination and experiential\ngraphics and signage installed throughout the Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Construction & Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New physical and electronic developments have helped Coastal\nCarolina Regional Airport move into a new era. The NCDOT completed the\nroundabout construction in March and created a new traffic pattern that\nenhances safety and traffic flow in front of the terminal. In addition, the\nAirport relocated the rental lot and employee parking to accommodate further\nexpansion. EWN repaired and upgraded the building at 1211 Aviation Drive with a\nnew fa\u00c3\u00a7ade, roof, a larger parking lot and, most significantly, a hangar door\nfor use by our tenant D2 Government Service’s aircraft. The Aircraft Rescue\n& Fire Fighting Building construction continues, and an order for a new\nARFF fire truck was placed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the main terminal upgrade and expansion, the project\nreached the 60% design stage. EWN installed new branding and wayfinding signage\ninside the terminal, along with new terminal doors, and contracted for restroom\nrenovations. In addition, the airport award Canteen services a contract for\n24-hour service food service. Finally, the Airport finished planning a two-bay\ncommercial hangar to be constructed in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Airport upgraded its communications commercial network\nservice and survivability with new state-of-the-art security firewalls, redundant\ncommunications links via fiber with emergency cellular backup, Voice Over\nInternet Protocol phones, Multi-Media Meeting Center, and Virtual Meeting\ncapability. In addition, a new invoicing and payment system (Buildium) has been\nimplemented to automate billing, payments, customer service, lease processing\nand insurance, and aircraft tracking. The Airport upgraded its emergency power\nsystems to address power spike and power outage survivability via\nUninterruptable Power Supply technology. The Airport improved its Wi-Fi and now\ncollects passenger traffic data, including demographics and zip codes which can\nbe utilized to advertise to customers and increase airport traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I am proud of all that our team accomplished in the\nlast year, especially in the face of all the challenges that the pandemic\npresented. Our team’s positive attitude and unwavering enthusiasm demonstrated\nthat commitment, determination, and inner conviction can overcome external\nhurdles. We remain dedicated to preserving and expanding the unique economic\nand quality-of-life impact that Coastal Carolina Regional Airport brings to the\ncommunities we serve,” said Andy Shorter, Airport Director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the past 12 months, Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) delivered multi-dimensional progress on a scale that was truly transformational. 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