It’s beginning to look a lot like holiday travel season, and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is expecting the most travelers since the start of the pandemic. Passenger volumes are now up 95% of 2019 levels throughout the Thanksgiving travel week. With Monday being the first of the busiest travel days, the next one is […]
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FEAM AERO celebrates groundbreaking on 2nd hangar at CVG
Aircraft line maintenance provider FEAM AERO celebrated the groundbreaking on a new three-bay hangar at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport Tuesday afternoon. This new $40.2 million hangar is creating nearly 250 full-time positions, including at least 124 Kentucky-resident jobs, Gov. Andy Beshear announced at the unveiling. Beshear traveled across NKY Tuesday, announcing funding for education and infrastructure in […]
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Breeze Airways: New airline coming to CVG with nonstop service to San Francisco, Charleston
Story courtesy of WCPO The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport announced on Wednesday a new airline with nonstop service to two U.S. destinations. Breeze Airways will be coming to CVG with nonstop flights to San Francisco and Charleston. The new service begins February 8, 2023. Ticket costs to Charleston are as low as $39 per person, […]
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Kentucky ranks second worst for electric vehicle infrastructure
As The U.S. invests heavily in electric vehicles, Kentucky is falling behind. Northern Kentucky alone only has two charging stations. One is in Hotel Covington, at 638 Madison Ave., and the other is in the Meijer parking lot in Florence, at 4990 Houston Road. In Kentucky, 0.26% of vehicles are electric. For every 10,000 vehicles, […]
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Here’s why gas prices are rising again
Written by Christian LeDuc, WCPO digital content producer Gas prices are once again on the rise across the nation and unfortunately, that’s impacting our wallets here in the Tri-State. Right now, many stations are inching ever closer to $4 a gallon. Although it’s seeming like a bit of deja vu from this summer, the reasons […]
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Big Mac Bridge inspection to close southbound lane on Sunday
Starting on Sunday Sept. 25. from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 crews are doing a routine inspection on the I-471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. This will affect a single southbound lane will be closed throughout the inspection. Please watch for crew members and equipment. Northern Kentucky road updates can be […]
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Frontier relaunching nonstop service to Phoenix
Frontier Airlines is restarting its seasonal nonstop flight from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in November 2022.Â
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Independence to reduce speed on busy Hogrefe Road
Independence City Council took the first step to reduce the speed limit on part of Hogrefe Road from 35 miles per hour to 20 on Monday night. Hogrefe Road is off of State Route 536. “We have always had calls about the speed on Hogrefe,” said City Administrator Chris Moriconi. “Now it has been developed […]
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Photos: Ohio River Paddlefest sunrise paddle
Kayakers, canoeists and stand-up paddle boarders gathered Wednesday morning for the Ohio River Paddlefest sunrise paddle. Participants met at Covington Landing from 6 to 8 a.m. as part of the event to preview Paddlefest, which is scheduled to begin on Saturday. Details here.
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CVG Airport’s nonstop flight to Paris returns this week
Delta Air Lines is restarting a nonstop flight to Paris from Cincinnati\Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus. On Friday, Delta announced the comeback of its nonstop flight to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport. Flights will begin departing again on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 6:05 p.m. Flights will operate three times a […]
