Forbes Advisor, a branch of Forbes Magazine dedicated to giving financial advise, recently released its rankings for the 25 worst airports for summer travel in the United States, for which Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport ranked 6th. “To determine which airports are the worst for summer travel, Forbes Advisor compared the nation’s 100 busiest airports across […]
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American Airlines unveils flight from CVG to Cancun
American Airlines announced a new nonstop route from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Cancun International Airport in Mexico. Tickets go on sale starting June 18. The flight is the airline’s first international destination out of CVG. It will operate weekly beginning Dec. 9 and run through March 30, 2024. Direct service to Cancun is American’s […]
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CVG rolling out state-of-the-art facial recognition scanner for Memorial Day
The Transportation Security Administration has installed new facial recognition technology at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in anticipation of a busy Memorial Day weekend. The Credential Authentication Technology 2.0, or CAT-2 scanners, are upgraded versions of the CAT scanners currently installed at TSA security checkpoints at CVG. In total, five CAT-2 units have been added […]
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Frontier Airlines celebrates 10 years of service at CVG
It’s been 10 years since the inaugural Frontier Airlines flight at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Since then, there have been nearly 49,000 Frontier flights out of CVG, serving approximately 7.1 million passengers. On May 17, 2013, the first Frontier flight offered at CVG was a daily non-stop to Denver. Today, Frontier passengers departed on a […]
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Kenton County Airport Board to sell parcel of land to manufacturing company
A surplus parcel of land at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is in the process of being sold to a manufacturing company operating on the airport’s campus. The Kenton County Airport Board voted to move forward with a contract to sell 1.186 acres of land it owns to Meyer Tool, an aerospace and gas turbine […]
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Flight honoring local veterans takes off from CVG tomorrow
The first honor flight of 2023 will take off from CVG tomorrow, with three others planned throughout the year. Honor flights offer veterans age 65+, who served stateside or overseas, flights to their memorials in Washington, D.C., at no cost. All veterans traveling on this flight are from the Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and southeastern […]
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DHL workers demonstrate for right to join union: ‘They have stomped on our rights’
DHL ramp and tug workers gathered Tuesday to ask that DHL Express and its Germany-based parent company, Duetsche Post DHL Group, respect U.S. laws that govern workers’ rights to form unions. In an attempt to gather at DHL-CVG Tuesday, workers from DHL, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Interfaith Workers Center and Wesley United Methodist Church were […]
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CVG ranks among the best, according to passenger survey
Passengers around the world responded to a customer survey and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport landed among the top in a five different categories. CVG came in at number two for North America’s Best Regional (Domestic) Airport, number three for North America’s Best Airport Staff, number six for North America’s Cleanest Airport, number six for World’s Best […]
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CVG to update passenger bridges following federal award
A multitude of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport’s passenger bridges will be updated following a $14 million award from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Terminal Program. Passenger bridges are the enclosed, elevated passageways that extend from an airport terminal gate to an airplane. CVG will begin a new phased approach to replace 28 bridges beginning in June. […]
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Regional airports offer spring break deals
Spring break is just around the corner. However, with the looks of it, spring has arrived early in the area. (Daffodils and trees budding in February is the new normal.) For those planning a trip with the family to Orlando or college kids looking for an affordable, quick excursion to New York City, here are […]