Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his first two years in office, the tremendous growth at the Pensacola International Airport, and Palafox Street’s underground tunnels. Mayor Reeves bragged about the improvement of the…
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Daily Outtakes: Navarre Park warning, TSA PreCheck
Don’t Drink or Swim in the Water The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) has issued a water quality advisory for Navarre Park, 8513 Navarre Parkway in south…
Flynn explains airport, quarantines and effectiveness of closing beaches
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered that travelers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut go into 14-day self-quarantine upon arrival at Florida’s airports. What we learned yesterday at Mayor Grover Robinson’s…
City asks for help on testing passengers at the airport
While Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order requiring air travelers from New York and New Jersey to be quarantined for 14 days, Mayor Grover Robinson has had a difficult time…
Official announcement on airport MRO grant
From DEO: Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Nearly $5 Million Florida Job Growth Grant Fund Award Feb 19, 2020 Pensacola, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced he is awarding nearly $5 million…
Presser notes: On the Road to Singapore
Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s Monday morning press conference primarily focused on developments at the Pensacola International Airport, where the city has partnered with ST Aerospace to create an aviation maintenance facility. Next…
Presser notes: New bench @City Hall
With Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson away from city hall Monday, and Pensacola City Council President Andy Terhaar busy with a dental appointment, City Administrator Chris Holley found himself taking over press conference…
Coughlin rehired at airport
As predicted: The City of Pensacola has selected Matt Coughlin as the Deputy Airport Director for Pensacola International Airport, with a start date of Monday, Sept. 9. In his new role, Coughlin…
Pensacola gets $12 million EDA grant
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding the City of Pensacola a $12.25 million grant to further efforts to build out an aviation-maintenance campus near Pensacola International Airport….
Mayor asks City Council for $8M for second hangar
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward next week will ask the Pensacola City Council to allocate $8 million of Local Option Sales Tax towards a second maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar at the…
Pensacola International Airport financials
The passenger traffic at Pensacola International Airport increased by 14.21 percent when compared to the second quarter of FY 2017. Overall Airport operating revenues exceeded the second quarter FY 2017 operating revenue…
American Airlines subsidiary to establish maintenance facility in Pensacola
American Airlines’ subsidiary PSA Airlines will establish a maintenance facility at Pensacola International Airport (PNS). The facility will become operational by October. “The addition of PNS will enhance PSA’s reliability, provide much-needed…
Pensacola International Airport has a record-setting January
Pensacola International Airport had a recording-setting month in January. The facility handled 117,766 passengers, a 10.1 percent increase over January 2017. In 2008, the airport set a record for the first month…
Job Growth may signal VTMAE expansion
Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott announced a $4 million Job Growth grant for the Pensacola International Airport. The grant most likely signals that Triumph Gulf Coast will look favorably on the city’s request…
Pensacola International Airport has 8K more passengers, VPS 25K in Oct.
The Pensacola International Airport rebounded from a weak September to have 8,302 more passengers in October 2017 than it did a year ago. Year-to-date, the Pensacola airport has had 68,136 more passengers…
Bungled approval of airline agreements, missed win
Since 2008, the airlines at the Pensacola International Airport have operated without a long-term agreements. The month-to-month contracts have negatively impacted the airport’s bond ratings. For the past year, Beggs & Lane…
Fly Pensacola passengers down for September, Fly VPS up 23 percent
September was not a good month for the Pensacola International Airport. Its passengers dropped 1.3 percent in comparison to September 2016, 132,576-134,412. Year to date, the airport’s passenger growth is up 4.92…
Pensacola airport bonds rated BBB-, positive outlook – but where’s the new AUL?
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Pensacola, Florida’s ‘BBB-’ rating on $30.6 million of outstanding series 2008 airport capital improvement revenue bonds issued on behalf of Pensacola International Airport. This is the same rating…
Pensacola Airport to close 8 p.m. Saturday
From the Pensacola International Airport Facebook page: Pensacola International Airport will close and cease ALL operations at 8 pm Saturday, October 7th and will remain closed throughout Sunday, October 8th due to…
Pensacola International Airport prepares for 2035
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY The Pensacola International Airport has begun preparing for increased use projected there by 2035. Among the main projects to handle a projected increase in the number of passengers…