The City of Philadelphia has just announced that any person who lives or works in the city is eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination at the Center City Vaccine Center or the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center. This means that all airport badge holders are now eligible for vaccines distributed through the city.

Sun, sand and outdoor recreation destinations will continue to be the top vacation spots for those that choose to travel this summer. Frontier Airlines is giving PHL passengers two more options, adding Portland, ME (PWM) and Providence, RI (PVD) to their Philadelphia roster beginning in July. PHL-PVD flights will operate three times a week beginning July 12; PHL-PWM service is slated for four times a week beginning July 13.

Longtime PHL volunteers Ken Uller and Karen Kenney are shown above at the airport pre-COVID-19.

In an effort to expand the airport’s contractor base and open opportunities to more diverse firms, PHL’s Office of Business Diversity and Capital Development Group have scheduled a series of virtual roundtable networking sessions for Minority, Women, Diversity Business Enterprises (M/W/DBE). The first session was held in March.   

In an effort to provide excellent customer service to all guests, PHL is launching the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard program this month. The program is based on the sunflower scheme developed in the United Kingdom, where green lanyards with sunflowers are used in airports, rail stations, and retail stores to signal that an individual may need a little extra support.  

In the past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has been sharply focused on ensuring the health and safety of passengers and employees using the facility.

Fiscal year 2020 was a historic year for federal and state grants as well as TSA’s Other Transactional Agreements, more than doubling Philadelphia International Airport’s (PHL) previous five-year averages of grants received. The $58.6 million in 2020 grants support a handful of infrastructure projects critical to the safety of passengers and operations both on the airfield and within the terminals.

Philadelphia International Airport’s (PHL) Star Program is a new collaboration between the airport and Marketplace PHL that recognizes concession operators who exceed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.  

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has received $2 million in funding from the state of Pennsylvania for a project to construct an aircraft parking apron capable of accommodating up to eight planes.