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    Was able to capture a shot of the 787-8 parked at CVG loading up for LHR last night 

  • richNcincy
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    The CVG consolidated rental car facility is opening soon. I was able to snap this picture of the walkway from baggage claim.  Looks quite nice! 

  • Wendys has officially opened at CVG, concourse B. Skyline seems to have a slower contractor or the Gold Star space was really a dump either way they are still chugging along. Food court will be full f

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^Flying this route in May!

"It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton

New routes: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Pensacola in Florida; Portland, Maine; Charlotte, North Carolina; Boston; and Houston.  Plus New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Minneapolis/Saint Paul this spring.

 

Frontier unveils six new nonstop destinations from CVG

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Feb 13, 2024

Updated Feb 13, 2024 1:41pm EST

 

The airline will launch six new nonstop destinations from CVG in the spring, another service expansion by the ultra low-cost carrier.

 

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Does anyone know whether CVG is still considering any of the options that would eliminate Concourse B and allow them to shut down the people mover in the long term? They seem to have removed any master plan documents from their website, but I found this version from 2021 on another site.

 

They were studying a variety of options:

 

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But then later introduced a new option that would mostly keep the configuration as-is, but add an extension on the west side of Concourse A:

 

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Does anyone know the current plan?

6 hours ago, taestell said:

Does anyone know the current plan?

 

I do not believe there have been any updates since that 2021 Master Plan release. I would expect a Master Plan update in the next 12-18 months, or around the time the new CEO position is settled.

1985 & 2020.  Amazon Prime Air, of course, is now up and running.

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It's wild to see the growth at CVG over the last 35 years. Looking back at 1985, you can see vestiges of the original 45 degree runway alignment from 1947. Since that original photo, 18L/36R wouldn't be built for another 6 years, 9/27 has been lengthened twice, what is now 18C/36C has been lengthened once, and 18R/36L opened in 2006.

 

That's to say nothing of the terminals. Terminal 1 was essentially the only terminal at the time of the original phot. Terminals C (aka Terminal 2) and D, along with Concourse C were built and demolished in those 35 years. In fairness, Terminal D was mostly rebuilt into what is now Concourse A, so it remains in spirit. 

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4 hours ago, LtCheese said:

It's wild to see the growth at CVG over the last 35 years. Looking back at 1985, you can see vestiges of the original 45 degree runway alignment from 1947. Since that original photo, 18L/36R wouldn't be built for another 6 years, 9/27 has been lengthened twice, what is now 18C/36C has been lengthened once, and 18R/36L opened in 2006.

 

That's to say nothing of the terminals. Terminal 1 was essentially the only terminal at the time of the original phot. Terminals C (aka Terminal 2) and D, along with Concourse C were built and demolished in those 35 years. In fairness, Terminal D was mostly rebuilt into what is now Concourse A, so it remains in spirit. 

 

When you tell young people that leisure flying by the middle class was rare before the 1990s...show them that comparison image. 

 

Back in 1985, Cincinnati was roughly the 15th most important city in the United States, but it had no ability to handle international flights or a significant number of domestic flights.  FFWD to 2005 and you're looking not just at CVG's history but the explosion of air travel by the middle class - all the while Cincinnati was in relative decline. 

 

 

 

January 2024 passenger numbers have been released:

 

 

January

2023: 549,229

2024: 599,049

Variance: +9.07%

 

YTD

2023: 549,229

2024: 599,049

Variance: +9.07%

 

Cargo (Tons)

2023: 150,699

2024: 151,258

Variance: +0.37%

 

A solid start to 2024. I've been through the airport a couple times since the new year, and it feels a little more lively than a normal January/February. The new welcome point is making good progress, and all the old ceiling tiles at the bottom of the escalators from security have been removed. The maintenance work on the moving sidewalks looks to be mostly complete, with only a couple segments between Concourse A and B left to be addressed. 

On 2/14/2024 at 4:38 PM, LtCheese said:

 

I do not believe there have been any updates since that 2021 Master Plan release. I would expect a Master Plan update in the next 12-18 months, or around the time the new CEO position is settled.

I asked and the answer I was given is that none of those are immediate options at this point due to capacity for gates being at a level that will suffice pretty far into the future. 

3 hours ago, Rabbit Hash said:

I asked and the answer I was given is that none of those are immediate options at this point due to capacity for gates being at a level that will suffice pretty far into the future. 

 

That makes a lot of sense. Even a major influx of new routes from a major carrier (along the lines AA's previous AUS expansion) would probably still be within the current gate capacity. It's easy to forget how much of the airport sits idle outside of a few major banks of outbound and inbound flights.

17 hours ago, LtCheese said:

 

That makes a lot of sense. Even a major influx of new routes from a major carrier (along the lines AA's previous AUS expansion) would probably still be within the current gate capacity. It's easy to forget how much of the airport sits idle outside of a few major banks of outbound and inbound flights.

It was a quick convo, but I got the feeling that A and B would remain in their current state for the long foreseeable future, and that any expansion would happen like Concept 1-3 or PAL 4.

IAG Cargo launches cold-storage cargo transportation at CVG

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Mar 5, 2024

 

IAG Cargo has started a cold-storage transportation business at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport that will allow companies to ship time- and temperature-sensitive health care products.

 

CVG is the 21st airport in the country where IAG Cargo, a division of International Airlines Group, has a cold-storage shipping business. It also comes at a time where CVG is looking to expand its air cargo business to include a freight cargo village where companies can ship high-value goods that are time sensitive. Such shipping makes up 1% of CVG’s growing cargo business today.

 

Currently, such general air freight is trucked out of the region to other airports.

 

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I was able to get CVG-CDG tickets for $600 round trip for mid September.  That is when the -400ER variant of 767 is being utilized versus the A330 and usual -300ER.  I'm sure the larger aircraft allow for cheaper seats.

On 3/6/2024 at 2:32 PM, richNcincy said:

...I'm sure the larger aircraft allow for cheaper seats.

 

And you get the better interior to boot! The 300ERs and A333s have the miserable legacy DL layout

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February passenger numbers are out for CVG:

 

February

2023: 544,278

2024: 608,478

Variance: +11.80%

 

YTD

2023: 1,093,507

2024: 1,207,527

Variance: +10.43%

 

YTD Cargo (Tons)

2023: 303,768

2024: 295,021

Variance: -2.88%

 

Very solid numbers during a typically quiet month. February passengers crested 600k for the first time since 2020. At that time, CVG was on pace to top 9.8MM passengers for the year (pre-COVID). For 2024, these are extremely early numbers in months which aren't highly representative of the rest of the year, but the airport is on pace for 9.7MM passengers.

1 hour ago, LtCheese said:

February passenger numbers are out for CVG:

 

February

2023: 544,278

2024: 608,478

Variance: +11.80%

 

YTD

2023: 1,093,507

2024: 1,207,527

Variance: +10.43%

 

YTD Cargo (Tons)

2023: 303,768

2024: 295,021

Variance: -2.88%

 

Very solid numbers during a typically quiet month. February passengers crested 600k for the first time since 2020. At that time, CVG was on pace to top 9.8MM passengers for the year (pre-COVID). For 2024, these are extremely early numbers in months which aren't highly representative of the rest of the year, but the airport is on pace for 9.7MM passengers.

Believe it the airport was very busy this winter, multiple times the parking garage was at capacity. I think we are seeing business travel coming back more and more along with alot of leisure travel mixed in from Allegiant/Froniter offering more destinations for the region. 

Part of the garage parking being full was due to the expansion joint rehab project that just wrapped up at the end of January. It took a lot of spaces away for several months. But anecdotally, I've noticed more business travelers since the beginning of 2024. Upgrades have been harder to come by and that was before the spring break season started. I think we might hit 10 million this year, which I believe is an important number for Master Plan construction purposes.

 

 

1 hour ago, OliverHazardPerry said:

...But anecdotally, I've noticed more business travelers since the beginning of 2024. Upgrades have been harder to come by and that was before the spring break season started. I think we might hit 10 million this year, which I believe is an important number for Master Plan construction purposes.


I have definitely noticed an increase in business travelers. If you're a regular DL flier in particular, upgrades are tougher to come by out of CVG now. This is despite a reset in the SkyMiles program which killed off a lot of COVID-elites. 

10MM is going to be a stretch, but there are a lot of new routes and frequencies this year so it's certainly in range.

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CVG looks at next steps for ticketing, security checkpoint refresh

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Mar 27, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport officials are getting more specific on changes they are planning to the customer-facing areas of the airport, the first updates in more than a decade.

 

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FEAM Aero opens second $45 million aircraft repair hangar at CVG

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Mar 28, 2024

 

A growing Miami-based company opened its second major hangar at CVG, a boost for the airport’s strategy to be a major site for maintaining planes.

 

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On 3/27/2024 at 1:46 PM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport officials are getting more specific on changes they are planning to the customer-facing areas of the airport, the first updates in more than a decade.

 

Finally. Post-hub CVG is an oddity. You walk through the main entrance and see throngs of people at every ticket counter, and a line for TSA nearly to the front door. Get through security and into either Concourse, and you can walk a few hundred feet barely seeing a soul.

 

It's great to see leadership addressing this deficiency.

British Airways adds back frequency to its CVG-London flight

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Apr 1, 2024

 

British Airways is adding back a fifth flight a week from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to London’s Heathrow airport.

 

The airline’s winter schedule operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

 

Starting April 1, British Airways will add back Sunday to its flight schedule.

 

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On 4/1/2024 at 7:52 AM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

British Airways adds back frequency to its CVG-London flight

 

 

 

I was a little slow with the phone so you can't see the full paint job but here is the flight landing on Friday:

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Frontier launches new nonstop destination from CVG

 

Frontier Airlines has launched new service from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

 

Unlike many of the ultra-low-cost carrier's flights, the LaGuardia one runs seven days a week.

 

It departs from CVG at 2:58 p.m. and arrives at LaGuardia at 5 p.m. The return flight leaves LaGuardia at 5:50 p.m. and arrives back at CVG at 8:04 p.m.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/04/10/frontier-launches-new-nonstop-destination-from-cvg.html

 

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Southwest Airlines announces CVG service expansion, new Nashville flight

 

Southwest Airlines is expanding its service at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, including adding a new nonstop city.

 

Southwest will now offer service five times a week from CVG to Nashville. CVG has not had nonstop service to growing Nashville since Delta cut its flights in 2018.

 

The Nashville service will start June 1 and operate on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The fare for a flight leaving June 6 and returning June 10 was $268.96, according to an April 12 search of Southwest's website.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/04/12/southwest-cvg-nashville.html

 

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On 4/13/2024 at 1:20 PM, ColDayMan said:

Southwest Airlines announces CVG service expansion, new Nashville flight

 

Southwest Airlines is expanding its service at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, including adding a new nonstop city.

 

Southwest will now offer service five times a week from CVG to Nashville. CVG has not had nonstop service to growing Nashville since Delta cut its flights in 2018.

 

The Nashville service will start June 1 and operate on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The fare for a flight leaving June 6 and returning June 10 was $268.96, according to an April 12 search of Southwest's website.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/04/12/southwest-cvg-nashville.html

 

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 I was saying SWA needs STL or BNA hub connection. This will get a lot more CVG folks down south and out west easier than MDW, or BWI. 

Epic Aviation flight academy opens at CVG airport

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

Apr 22, 2024

Updated Apr 22, 2024 5:46pm EDT

 

A new flight academy has opened at CVG, a move officials hope will drastically increase the number of people working in Greater Cincinnati’s aviation workforce.

 

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Wheels Up LLC closing CVG airport maintenance facility

By Andy Brownfield – Managing editor, Cincinnati Business Courier

Apr 25, 2024

 

A provider of on-demand private charter jet services is closing one of its facilities at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

 

Wheels Up LLC, one of the largest private aviation companies in the world that allows members to book on-demand private flights, is closing its maintenance, repair and overhaul operation at CVG, resulting in the layoff of 40 employees. The company informed the state of Kentucky of the closure in a notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

 

Wheels Up said in its notice the closure will occur on or around June 16. Though most of the impacted workers have already found new employment.

 

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Breeze Airways launches new flights from CVG to San Diego, Hartford

 

Breeze Airways has launched its new nonstop flights to San Diego and Hartford, Conn., from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

 

Both flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays starting May 2.

 

Service to San Diego will depart at 10:07 a.m. from CVG and arrive at 11:48 a.m. PDT, which totals a flight time of 4 hours and 41 minutes. Fares start at $89 each way.

 

The service to Connecticut will be summer seasonal, with flights departing from CVG at 8:46 p.m. and arriving in Hartford at 10:41 p.m. Tickets start at $49.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/05/02/flights-breeze-airways-cvg-sandiego-hartford.html

 

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I was doing some browsing of the CVG website and came across this presentation that was given to the boards meeting in March. The interesting part begins on slide 6 where it shows a preliminary design/layout for changes to the terminal. If any of this happens, it likely wouldn't start until 2025 or later.

 

I personally like the plan in the presentation as I feel it would help the main ticketing area feel more open. Adding the additional drop off lanes would also help the flow. I'm really curious if there are any plans for the empty space below the TSA screening area. I believe it was a waiting area for the shuttles to Concourse C back in the day.

 

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^I'm not a traffic engineer, but I think the current "drop off" area could be better designed in a way that wouldn't require building an entirely new ramp, and forcing passengers who are dropped off at the new, outer curb to cross 4 lanes of traffic.

 

Here's what I think would improve traffic flow: have an "entry lane" (shown in blue), angled parking for unloading (shown in green), and a slow "exit lane" (shown in red) where cars would yield to any unloading passengers. To ensure passengers are safe while wheeling their bags across the exit lane, the exit lane could have rumble strips or raised crosswalks every ~15 feet or so (shown in yellow) to force exiting cars to go slow. This would improve dramatically increase capacity and improve flow compared to the current, and I think it would be superior to the proposed "two curb" design shown in the PDF linked above. My proposal would also be a LOT cheaper to implement than their proposed idea of constructing more than 1000' feet of new, elevated 4-lane roadway. spacer.png

 

 

 

 

Is the future ticket counter space in the CSB just sitting vacant now? Did they already have this planned when they built the new rental car/ground transportation facility and just drywalled off that space for now?

35 minutes ago, taestell said:

Is the future ticket counter space in the CSB just sitting vacant now? Did they already have this planned when they built the new rental car/ground transportation facility and just drywalled off that space for now?

It was vacant the last time I flew out of CVG. From my understanding, yes, it was designed and built so that ticket/check-in counters could be installed fairly easily. Though I'm very curious how they're going to tie into the baggage belt system.

CVG airport adds another aircraft maintenance company

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 7, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has added another aircraft maintenance company, a boon to its strategy of becoming a hub for that industry.

 

Cobalt Aero Services, a subsidiary of Louisville-based FCAH Aerospace, has added an on-airport location. Cobalt will be located within FEAM Aero’s CVG hangars. FEAM opened a new $45 million hangar, its second, at CVG in March.

 

Cobalt will repair airframe structures at the airport. It also will offer products and services from its three other subsidiaries – Cargo Air Repair & Air Cargo Equipment, First Class Air Support and AVI – at CVG or within a short drive, according to a news release. Those companies repair cargo loading systems and components and sell aftermarket aviation and cargo equipment; emergency equipment; survival products; inflatables; and accessories.

 

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On 5/6/2024 at 2:47 PM, Cincy_Travels said:

It was vacant the last time I flew out of CVG. From my understanding, yes, it was designed and built so that ticket/check-in counters could be installed fairly easily. Though I'm very curious how they're going to tie into the baggage belt system.

New baggage belt system is in the works of being installed on property. My understanding is that ULCC will move into the CSB portion of the airport leaving legacy carriers in the original portion of the terminal. 

Frontier Airlines launches four new nonstop destinations from CVG

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 16, 2024

 

Frontier Airlines will start four new nonstop destinations from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport over the next two days.

 

Frontier begins new service to Charlotte, N.C.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Minneapolis on Thursday, May 16, and to Houston via George H.W. Bush Intercontinental Airport on Friday, May 17. Frontier served Minneapolis before the pandemic. It's a part of the airline's major service expansion at CVG.

 

The new flights come as Frontier also opens a new crew base at CVG.

 

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CVG finally released the March and April numbers.

 

 

PAX

March Enplaned - 389,221 +5.25%

March Deplaned - 390,871 +9.21%

March Total - 780,092 +7.20%

 

April Enplaned - 386,323 +10.65%

April Deplaned - 393,305 +6.92%

April Total - 779,628 +8.74%

 

YTD Enplaned - 1,374,832 +8.63%

YTD Deplaned - 1,392,415 +9.41%

YTD Total - 2,767,247 +9.02%

 

CARGO (tons)

March Enplaned - 83,229 -4.60%

March Deplaned - 69,145 -21,54%

March Total - 152,374 -13.12%

 

April Enplaned - 87,290 -1.15%

April Deplaned - 87,392 -3.90%

April Total - 174,682 -2.54%

 

YTD Enplaned - 320,434 -2.71%

YTD Deplaned - 301,643 -8.32%

YTD Total - 622,077 -5.51%

 

OPERATIONS

March - 12,691 -10.20%

April - 13,453 -0.75%

YTD - 51,127 -1.19%

Glad we finally got some airport operations data for these past few months!

 

Hovering around that +9% YTD passenger number is strong. It's keeping CVG on that 9.5MM pace for 2024.

I still remember the 22 million 2005 year, the first year I worked there!  I doubt CVG will hit that mark anytime in the next half century, but you never know. No doubt their numbers will steadily increase which is the right trajectory and will hopefully continue to see more trans-Atlantic service!

 

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I still remember the 22 million 2005 year, the first year I worked there!  I doubt CVG will hit that mark anytime in the next half century, but you never know.

 

22MM pax/year is probably out of range unless CVG becomes a focus city/hub again, but even with pretty conservative 5% YoY growth after 2024 (factoring in the 9.5MM estimate this year), the airport is on pace to crest 12.5MM pax in 2030.

The YoY Decrease in Cargo tonnage is odd with all of the activity that seems to be occurring in that space at CVG. Unless that is more of a macroeconomic issue than a CVG issue. 

37 minutes ago, wjh said:

The YoY Decrease in Cargo tonnage is odd with all of the activity that seems to be occurring in that space at CVG. Unless that is more of a macroeconomic issue than a CVG issue. 

I was curious about that too. It seems like we have multiple 747s a day flying over my house so I'm surprised it is going down as well. 

10 minutes ago, ucgrady said:

I was curious about that too. It seems like we have multiple 747s a day flying over my house so I'm surprised it is going down as well. 

 

I see this one pretty often:

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There weren't any 747's at our airport before maybe 2005~.  When I was a kid I always wanted to see one so bad. 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, wjh said:

The YoY Decrease in Cargo tonnage is odd with all of the activity that seems to be occurring in that space at CVG. Unless that is more of a macroeconomic issue than a CVG issue. 

 

The latter. Air cargo throughput is down, in some cases substantially, at many airports as COVID-related shipments stopped. Other factors have led to more shipments happening over land than by air.

 

19 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

 

I see this one pretty often:

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There weren't any 747's at our airport before maybe 2005~.  When I was a kid I always wanted to see one so bad. 

 

 

 

 

 

Kalitta's fleet of 747s (as well as other types) provides additional lift via chartered aircraft to companies all over the world. They've built a pretty solid business performing this role.

 

Fun tidbit: SABENA, the former flag carrier of Belgium, used to fly 747s between CVG and BRU in the late 90s. The route was doubly-supported by P&G and a massive SN/DL/OH codeshare network available from CVG at the time:

 

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Sabena/Boeing-747-329M/37517

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On 5/17/2024 at 11:45 AM, CMHOhio said:

 

The latter. Air cargo throughput is down, in some cases substantially, at many airports as COVID-related shipments stopped. Other factors have led to more shipments happening over land than by air.

 

 

Kalitta's fleet of 747s (as well as other types) provides additional lift via chartered aircraft to companies all over the world. They've built a pretty solid business performing this role.

 

Fun tidbit: SABENA, the former flag carrier of Belgium, used to fly 747s between CVG and BRU in the late 90s. The route was doubly-supported by P&G and a massive SN/DL/OH codeshare network available from CVG at the time:

 

https://www.airliners.net/photo/Sabena/Boeing-747-329M/37517

You can still faintly see the Sabena signage at passenger drop off signage for departures at the main terminal. 

Frontier Airlines starts new flights from CVG airport to three new cities

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 22, 2024

Updated May 22, 2024 3:51pm EDT

 

One of the fastest-growing airlines at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has started service to a picturesque New England destination, as well as a large city and a Florida vacation locale.

 

Frontier Airlines started service to Portland, Maine, Tuesday, May 21, and Boston and Pensacola, Fla., May 22. It’s the first time CVG has had nonstop service to Portland since 2021, when United Airlines temporarily flew the route in a bid to boost leisure traffic during the Covid-19 pandemic. United also served Pensacola that summer. It currently has service to and from Boston on Delta and American airlines. Frontier will be the first ultra-low cost carrier to serve Boston.

 

Frontier will not have competition on the Portland and Pensacola routes, which fly three times per week. It will fly to Boston four times per week It first announced the routes in February.

 

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Delta expands its Paris flight from CVG airport

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 23, 2024

 

Delta Air Lines has increased the frequency of its nonstop flights from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Paris for the summer.

 

Delta (NYSE: DAL) is now flying the route every day of the week, an increase from three times per week. The seasonal increase will run from June through August, but as always, airline schedules are subject to change based on market conditions.

 

The move comes after Americans rushed to Europe in summer 2023 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Foreign travel to Europe exceeded 2019 levels in the first quarter of 2024, according to the European Travel Commission.

 

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12 hours ago, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Delta Air Lines has increased the frequency of its nonstop flights from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Paris for the summer.

 

Looks like the flight is back to a B767-400 as well. DAL228 had been operating with an A330-300 over the winter.

Will United Airlines restore key San Francisco flight to CVG?

By Chris Wetterich – Staff reporter and columnist, Cincinnati Business Courier

May 29, 2024

 

Cincinnati has been without daily, nonstop service to San Francisco since United and Delta airlines paused the route at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in coming weeks, one of those two legacy carriers will restart the route in several similarly sized markets.

 

In August, United will start twice-daily service to San Francisco from both Detroit and St. Louis. It also announced service from Montreal to San Francisco starting in July.

 

San Francisco is one of United’s two West Coast hubs, the other being at Los Angeles International Airport.

 

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