Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) CEO Chellie Cameron has been appointed as a Regional Advisor of the Airports Council International (ACI) World Governing Board (WBG). Cameron is one of only two North American advisors. The appointment took effect January 1.

On January 21, PHL implemented a 45-day pilot of biometric screening technologies at three international gates to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection process departing passengers. Biometric screening is designed to verify travelers' identities by cross-checking facial scans with photos already on file with the federal government. CBP also has been mandated by federal law to use biometric exit screenings for foreign nationals.

Northeast Philadelphia Airport originally opened in the 1930s as Northeast Airport – a grass field with no paved runways. During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Corps intended to develop the site as an airbase, but later abandoned the project. The property was turned over to the City of Philadelphia in 1944 and reopened as an airport in 1945. Today PNE, which occupies 1,150 acres in Northeast Philadelphia, has two fixed-base operators that provide fuel, major aircraft repair, hangar rental, aircraft rental and charter flight instruction and aircraft sales.

It’s coming up on travel season. And, whether you’re taking the last trips while the weather is still good, planning a fall break, or even pre-planning for those truly winter holidays, there’s a good chance you’ll need to navigate the Philadelphia International Airport pretty soon.

If you have somehow managed to avoid flying out of or into the travel hub, color us impressed. It’s the only international airport that serves Philly and the region, and has grown from flying 14,000 passengers a year in the 1940s to 30 million today.

Philadelphia International Airport will be part of an expanded list of airports that will screen travelers for coronavirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.

“We have been advised that they’re going to start some type of screening process here,” PHL chief operating officer Keith Brune said at the airport on Wednesday.

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has launched a new initiative aimed at incentivising proactive efforts by large commercial airlines to fly as quietly as possible at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

As the Unmanned Aircraft Bill goes before parliament for a second reading, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) says new European research backs its concerns that the number of drone flights in controlled airspace is being underestimated.

The research by Eurocontrol involved comprehensive monitoring of airspace around the Latvian airport of Riga.

Latvian airspace has similar restrictions on drone operations to the UK and Riga has a similar number of movements to London Luton Airport with the same single-runway configuration.

Frontier Airlines New Route Announcement
Frontier Ticketing Lobby, Terminal E
Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 10 a.m.