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New acai bowl, smoothie concept opens at CVG airport

 

Travelers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport now have a new health-conscious food option to choose from.

 

Sambazon, an acai bowl and smoothie shop, opened this week in the airport’s Concourse B near Gate B19.

 

The fast-casual concept offers acai berries in a smoothie bowl form with an abundance of other fresh fruit toppings, including strawberries, bananas, blueberries, mangos and pineapples. Nuts, seeds, granola and coconut are available to add. The shop also serves fruit-focused smoothies, warm oatmeal bowls, acai and dragon fruit margaritas, beer, wine and a variety of grab-and-go drinks.

 

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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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CVG airline expands international flight in 2025

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

Oct 21, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s flight on Air Canada to Toronto is expanding.

 

The CVG-Toronto flight will run three times per day starting June 25, 2025, up from twice per day.

 

Air Canada’s schedule calls for the flight to run thrice daily six days per week through September 2025, which is as far as airline schedules are published.

 

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DHL getting even bigger at CVG.

 

DHL has commenced construction on a new $292 million maintenance facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), a project set to create 300 new jobs.

The facility will span 305,000 square feet and include an expanded aircraft apron, which will enhance repair efficiency and reduce aircraft downtime.

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/10/22/dhl-express-cvg-aircraft-maintenance-facility-cost.html

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$1 million in capital investment per full time employee is truly a staggering amount of money (I'm not upset, just kind of amazed at the scale of capital investment)

This appears to be the final remaining land adjacent to their current facility.  They were smart and made sure they had the lease prior to Amazon coming to town. 

J.D. Power reveals CVG airport’s rank in annual airport survey

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

Oct 23, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport scored in the middle of the pack when it came to airports of a similar size in the annual J.D. Power survey of traveler satisfaction.

 

It finished eighth among 15 airports, behind Indianapolis; Jacksonville, Fla.; Fort Myers, Fla.; Ontario, Calif.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Milwaukee; and Palm Beach, Fla.

 

CVG scored 668 out of a possible 1,000 customer satisfaction points. The average score in the category was 646.

 

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American Airlines kills nonstop flight from CVG airport

 

American Airlines has cut one of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s nonstop flights to Austin, Texas.

 

The flight ended at the beginning of 2024 but was still listed on CVG’s website until recently.

 

The cut appeared to be more about Austin than CVG.

 

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Data dive: CVG airport's busiest routes without a nonstop flight

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

Oct 31, 2024

Updated Nov 1, 2024 7:04am EDT

 

At peak times of the year, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport offers nonstop flights to 58 airports across the United States. But there are several other cities without such service to which CVG might be able to land flights, according to federal data.

 

The Business Courier examined 2023 federal aviation data to look for cities where a significant number of people are flying from CVG but cannot get a nonstop flight.

 

Two of the top 10 cities – No. 1 San Diego and No. 6 Hartford, Conn. – got nonstop service in 2024 on ultra-low cost carrier Breeze Airways, although it is seasonal, non-daily service. Before the pandemic, legacy carrier Delta Air Lines ran daily service to Hartford as a key business market. CVG also had service to San Diego in 2019.

 

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Data dive: CVG airport's busiest routes without a nonstop flight

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

Oct 31, 2024

Updated Nov 1, 2024 7:04am EDT

 

At peak times of the year, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport offers nonstop flights to 58 airports across the United States. But there are several other cities without such service to which CVG might be able to land flights, according to federal data.

 

The Business Courier examined 2023 federal aviation data to look for cities where a significant number of people are flying from CVG but cannot get a nonstop flight.

 

Two of the top 10 cities – No. 1 San Diego and No. 6 Hartford, Conn. – got nonstop service in 2024 on ultra-low cost carrier Breeze Airways, although it is seasonal, non-daily service. Before the pandemic, legacy carrier Delta Air Lines ran daily service to Hartford as a key business market. CVG also had service to San Diego in 2019.

 

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DL could really bring back BDL on an endeavor/republic flight easily. One in the morning and return in the evening. Plus, flying into BDL is alot less stressful and expensive than BOS. 

CVG finally released September passenger data. For some reason, we don't have direct August data, but we can extrapolate that volume. 2023 August is obviously an actual, but we backed out September and YTD through July to arrive at August '24.

 

August (extrapolated)

2023: 765,227

2024: 803,408

Variance: +4.99%

 

September

2023: 708,215

2024: 750,716

Variance: +6.00%

 

YTD

2023: 6,470,598

2024: 6,988,090

Variance: +8.00%

 

YTD Cargo (Tons)

2023: 1,547,376

2024: 1,394,138

Variance: -9.90%

 

Overall, a good couple of months despite being traditionally slow around this time of year. October-December is where the rubber will meet the road on the airport's passenger volumes. Using the 8% growth YTD vs. 2023 traffic puts us at ~9.4MM for 2024.

2 minutes ago, 646empire said:

Larry Krauter is next up at CVG, he has an Ohio connection currently runninh Spokane, Wash airport system. He’s got big shoes to fill, Candice is amazing. Will need to do some research on Spokane’s airport to get an opinion.

 

https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2024-11-13/cvg-larry-krauter-ceo-candace-mcgraw


After taking a Quick Look and reading a bit, I’m not all that impressed with Spokane’s airport. CVGs size and complexity is much larger but hopefully he will do well.

Hey now, Spokane has a nice airport for a metro its size.  Not even CVG has waterfalls welcoming you!  Eat it, Kentucky!

 

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Lots of industry experience, worked at CMH, has led an airport before.  That seems good, right?  Time will tell.  

14 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Hey now, Spokane has a nice airport for a metro its size.  Not even CVG has waterfalls welcoming you!  Eat it, Kentucky!

 

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And like that pachyderm enclosure, the Spokane Airport is mighty and strong!

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CVG airport's newest nonstop flight to Florida prepares for take off

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport's newest direct flight is prepared to depart.

 

Allegiant Air will launch its inaugural flight from CVG to Melbourne Orlando International Airport at 3:55 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. The new direct route will operate twice weekly Fridays and Mondays and gives travelers access to vacation destinations along Florida's eastern coast, such as Melbourne Beach, Indian River Shores, Sebastian and Cocoa Beach.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/11/14/cvg-airport-new-nonstop-flight-melbourne-allegiant.html

 

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Frontier Airlines plans new nonstop flight from CVG airport

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

Nov 19, 2024

 

Next year, Frontier Airlines plans to start new nonstop flights to Austin, Texas, adding another dot on the map for its growing crew base at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

 

The CVG-Austin flight has been loaded into Frontier’s booking system, but tickets are not yet available to buy. The system shows flights available starting March 10.

 

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On 11/19/2024 at 9:31 AM, jdm00 said:

PDX is a huge win for CVG, do i wish it was Alaska or Delta, of course, but it gives the region options for another nonstop out west. 

7 hours ago, savadams13 said:

PDX is a huge win for CVG, do i wish it was Alaska or Delta, of course, but it gives the region options for another nonstop out west. 


Agreed. This makes Portland trips very tempting but yeah… Allegiant. Beggars can’t be choosers, but we certainly have opinions. 

17 minutes ago, Gordon Bombay said:


Agreed. This makes Portland trips very tempting but yeah… Allegiant. Beggars can’t be choosers, but we certainly have opinions. 

Take that flight to Portland!  You'll find plenty of beggars there!  😜

31 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Take that flight to Portland!  You'll find plenty of beggars there!  😜


Dad?

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Dad?

No son.  Just a weary traveler whose brother lives there, and you have to step over the beggars outside his apartment to get anywhere... 

Frontier Airlines starts new nonstop service from CVG airport to Sarasota

 

Frontier Airlines will launch new service from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Sarasota, Fla., starting Saturday, Nov. 23.

 

The new flight, first announced in August, was originally supposed to start Oct. 12 but was delayed because of the hurricanes that struck the Southeast earlier this year.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/11/22/frontier-starts-cvg-airport-sarasota-fla-flight.html

 

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Totally understand because the demand is clearly there, but it's amazing the sheer number of Florida destinations you can get to from CVG.  If you told me that Frontier or Allegiant was going to start a direct flight to The Villages, I wouldn't be surprised.  

14 different Florida airports by my count. Utterly insane. I don't understand the appeal of one particular beach city over the other - they're all functionally the exact same in my view. 

“To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”

2 hours ago, BigDipper 80 said:

 I don't understand the appeal of one particular beach city over the other - they're all functionally the exact same in my view. 

 

The primary function of a beach is for people to say they went to the beach or that they live near the beach or rented a place right on the beach.  Ask someone from Ohio to write a 5-paragraph essay explaining why sitting in a lawn chair on a Florida beach > sitting in a lawn chair next to a public pool in Ohio.  I've actually done this. 

 

 

A lot of that beach business worldwide was drummed up by rich guys in the 1800s and 1900s buying up super cheap land in destitute poverty areas then putting up hotels and such for much cheaper than could be done in a wealthy city. Then use slick marketing to get people from areas with actual money to come down to this thing they built. L.A., NYC, Chicago and Cleveland all have beaches but somehow they don't measure up to one on some island where the average resident makes $212 a year.

13 hours ago, GCrites said:

A lot of that beach business worldwide was drummed up by rich guys in the 1800s and 1900s buying up super cheap land in destitute poverty areas then putting up hotels and such for much cheaper than could be done in a wealthy city. Then use slick marketing to get people from areas with actual money to come down to this thing they built. L.A., NYC, Chicago and Cleveland all have beaches but somehow they don't measure up to one on some island where the average resident makes $212 a year.

 

Coming back to Ohio in February with a tan (or sunburn) is a status symbol.

 

Incoming CVG airport CEO talks opportunities, challenges and connecting to the business community

By Tom Demeropolis – Editor, Cincinnati Business Courier

Nov 25, 2024

 

On Nov. 13, the board of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport introduced Larry Krauter, its unanimous pick to succeed retiring CEO Candace McGraw.

 

After his introduction, the Business Courier had the opportunity to ask Krauter a few questions about his decision to go for the top job at CVG. Krauter – who currently serves as CEO of Spokane International Airport, Felts Field and Airport Business Park, collectively referred to as Spokane Airports – is scheduled to start in his new role March 3, 2025.

 

We spoke about the airport’s opportunities, challenges and how he plans to connect with the Greater Cincinnati business community.

 

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On 11/25/2024 at 3:30 PM, 646empire said:

 

Feel bad for Cleveland. Columbus is building their new terminal. Cincinnati announces a half a billion dollar renovation with timeline and plans. Cleveland is just sitting in neutral on redevelopment of their airport...

Restaurant shakeup coming to CVG airport

 

Chick-fil-A will be moving to a larger spot at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, opening up space in Concourse B’s food court for another tenant.

 

Chick-fil-A will move to the Earl of Sandwich spot in the food court after its franchise owner, United Concessions Group, won a bid for a chicken concept over Popeye’s. Earl of Sandwich, which was slated to be a temporary occupant from the start, will close by May 31, 2025.

 

Chick-fil-A’s lease was set to expire Aug. 31, 2025.

 

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https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2024/12/03/cvg-airport-restaurant-food-court-chick-fil-a-earl.html

 

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I actually ate at the Earl of Sandwich once.  It exceeded my expectations.  Plus, gotta love the name. 

22 hours ago, 646empire said:

 

Unfortunately it's just the two "shared" lounges, no word on Delta investing in its Sky Club. The CVG one is fine but looking a little outdated compared to some of their newer lounges. And since it's no longer a hub, I don't expect CVG to ever get one of the fancy Delta One lounges.

5 hours ago, taestell said:

 

Unfortunately it's just the two "shared" lounges, no word on Delta investing in its Sky Club. The CVG one is fine but looking a little outdated compared to some of their newer lounges. And since it's no longer a hub, I don't expect CVG to ever get one of the fancy Delta One lounges.

 

I don't really think any airline is going to invest major dollars in a lounge at CVG. There just aren't enough passengers who would use it IMO. I get it for larger airports, and ones that feature a lot of connections, but very few people have long layovers at CVG to justify waiting at a lounge. A shared lounge is probably the best we can expect.

 

I'm by no means an expert on airports, airlines, or lounges, but just don't see any airlines seeing it as a net positive to invest that money at CVG.

3 hours ago, ryanlammi said:

 

I don't really think any airline is going to invest major dollars in a lounge at CVG. There just aren't enough passengers who would use it IMO. I get it for larger airports, and ones that feature a lot of connections, but very few people have long layovers at CVG to justify waiting at a lounge. A shared lounge is probably the best we can expect.

 

I'm by no means an expert on airports, airlines, or lounges, but just don't see any airlines seeing it as a net positive to invest that money at CVG.


Agreed. So for CVG to invest that kind of money on its own lounges is really nice.

4 hours ago, ryanlammi said:

 

I don't really think any airline is going to invest major dollars in a lounge at CVG. There just aren't enough passengers who would use it IMO. I get it for larger airports, and ones that feature a lot of connections, but very few people have long layovers at CVG to justify waiting at a lounge. A shared lounge is probably the best we can expect.

 

I'm by no means an expert on airports, airlines, or lounges, but just don't see any airlines seeing it as a net positive to invest that money at CVG.

Doesn't CVG have enough legacy Delta flyers to support a decent lounge?    The United lounge in CLE is quite nice given the market size, and i'm told it still does a brisk business from all the former Continental customers still flying out of CLE (myself included) 

10 hours ago, Cleburger said:

Doesn't CVG have enough legacy Delta flyers to support a decent lounge?    The United lounge in CLE is quite nice given the market size, and i'm told it still does a brisk business from all the former Continental customers still flying out of CLE (myself included) 

Yes the DL CVG SkyClub is very busy in the mornings and evenings. Especially prior to the Paris departure. It's a large club and like others said it's becoming dated, but it's clean, relaxing, and the staff are top notch. 

41 minutes ago, savadams13 said:

Yes the DL CVG SkyClub is very busy in the mornings and evenings. Especially prior to the Paris departure. It's a large club and like others said it's becoming dated, but it's clean, relaxing, and the staff are top notch. 


Would it be up to Delta to want/pay to renovate Skyclub or would CVG need to lead the way? I’m assuming it would need to be a Delta project since it wasn’t included in the 12 million dollar package.

12 hours ago, 646empire said:

Agreed. So for CVG to invest that kind of money on its own lounges is really nice.

 

To be clear, CVG is not putting up the money to renovate the lounges. The operators of the two lounges, Airport Dimensions and CAVU Experiences, are investing the $12 million. They then make money from admission fees and pay a percentage of their revenue to CVG as rent.

 

The situation with the Sky Club would likely be similar, with Delta investing its own money.

58 minutes ago, taestell said:

 

To be clear, CVG is not putting up the money to renovate the lounges. The operators of the two lounges, Airport Dimensions and CAVU Experiences, are investing the $12 million. They then make money from admission fees and pay a percentage of their revenue to CVG as rent.

 

The situation with the Sky Club would likely be similar, with Delta investing its own money.


That makes sense. Maybe Delta will do something in the coming years as the terminal renovations start.

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The airport is poised to serve as an economic development engine for NKY and beyond for years to come

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

Dec 5, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport supported 49,000 jobs in 2022, the last time its economic impact was studied, which is more than any other part of the region except the Central Business District and Uptown. Its economic impact has risen from $3.5 billion in 2012 to $9.3 billion in 2022.

 

CVG and Northern Kentucky officials expect the airport to spur more growth and tens of thousands of new jobs on both sides of the river as the airport continues to develop its own campus and additional companies establish a beachhead to do business with the firms already here.

 

“It is immeasurably important,” said Lee Crume, the CEO of the BE NKY Partnership, the lead economic development agency for Northern Kentucky. “If you went back 20 years ago, people thought about airports as, ‘Well, you come and you go.’ Today an airport is an incredibly important infrastructure for a community.”

 

Take, for example, air freight transportation. In 2023, Greater Cincinnati’s “location quotient,” a measure of a region’s industrial specialization compared with the U.S. as a whole, increased from 0.17 in 2013 to 29.82 in 2023, an increase of 11,556%. A number of more than 1 indicates a region is more specialized in an industry than the rest of the country, according to Lightcast, an analytics firm that supplied data to the Cincinnati Regional Chamber. The region is expected to add 14,609 new jobs through 2030 in freight air transportation, warehousing and storage and transportation.

 

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On 12/5/2024 at 4:25 PM, The_Cincinnati_Kid said:

Ready to take flight

The airport is poised to serve as an economic development engine for NKY and beyond for years to come

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

Dec 5, 2024

 

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport supported 49,000 jobs in 2022, the last time its economic impact was studied, which is more than any other part of the region except the Central Business District and Uptown. Its economic impact has risen from $3.5 billion in 2012 to $9.3 billion in 2022.

 

CVG and Northern Kentucky officials expect the airport to spur more growth and tens of thousands of new jobs on both sides of the river as the airport continues to develop its own campus and additional companies establish a beachhead to do business with the firms already here.

 

“It is immeasurably important,” said Lee Crume, the CEO of the BE NKY Partnership, the lead economic development agency for Northern Kentucky. “If you went back 20 years ago, people thought about airports as, ‘Well, you come and you go.’ Today an airport is an incredibly important infrastructure for a community.”

 

Take, for example, air freight transportation. In 2023, Greater Cincinnati’s “location quotient,” a measure of a region’s industrial specialization compared with the U.S. as a whole, increased from 0.17 in 2013 to 29.82 in 2023, an increase of 11,556%. A number of more than 1 indicates a region is more specialized in an industry than the rest of the country, according to Lightcast, an analytics firm that supplied data to the Cincinnati Regional Chamber. The region is expected to add 14,609 new jobs through 2030 in freight air transportation, warehousing and storage and transportation.

 

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Adding 14,000 jobs over the next 5 years is extraordinary.

On 12/5/2024 at 12:02 PM, 646empire said:

That makes sense. Maybe Delta will do something in the coming years as the terminal renovations start.

 

While I hope so, I wouldn't expect anything any time soon. Unlike other hubs/focus cities for DAL, CVG has a massive lounge which is underutilized given DAL flight schedules throughout the day. There also isn't major competition from other legacy airlines.

 

Recent non-hubs to get SkyClub renovations include AUS, MSY, PHX, and MCI. Only MCI's new club was part of a terminal renovation, and that was a near complete rebuild of the airport.

On 12/5/2024 at 11:01 AM, taestell said:

 

To be clear, CVG is not putting up the money to renovate the lounges. The operators of the two lounges, Airport Dimensions and CAVU Experiences, are investing the $12 million. They then make money from admission fees and pay a percentage of their revenue to CVG as rent.

 

The situation with the Sky Club would likely be similar, with Delta investing its own money.

WCPO ran a piece on the Escape Lounge relocating to the old DL Business Elite lounge that used to sit above 5/3 bank in Concourse B. I wonder if the lounge in A then is going to relocate to the old crown room on the second floor...

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