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Columbus airport CEO working to get first nonstop flight to Europe
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s CEO has been on the job for lower than two months. Here’s the way it’s been going.
- Airlines are more and more centered on premium methods to generate revenue, Columbus Regional Airport Authority CEO and President Daren Griffin stated on the CMC discussion board July 15.
- Griffin ‘assured’ John Glenn Columbus International Airport’s new terminal ought to get new TSA in-line baggage scanning know-how to make issues quicker for airline passengers.
Airlines are more and more centered on getting passengers to pay for upgraded seats, extra baggage area or additional legroom as airline prices hold climbing, Columbus Regional Airport Authority CEO and President Daren Griffin stated.
“There’s no question that the airline emphasis on premium is their effort to generate the profit that they need to on every aircraft. As you see, the price of fuel that goes up for a car goes up for an aircraft even more significantly. And this has not been a good year for that,” Griffin stated at a Columbus Metropolitan Club panel discussion board on July 15.
The discussion board centered on the way forward for aviation and the enterprise of air journey in central Ohio. Griffin was joined on the panel by Deborah Scherer, senior vp of world commerce & funding at One Columbus. NBC4 (WCMH-TV) anchor Jerod Smalley moderated the panel.
A central focus of their dialog was John Glenn Columbus International Airport’s new $2 billion terminal that’s at present below development, with an anticipated opening in early 2029. The new terminal may have 36 gates, a single safety checkpoint and concourse, and can be capable of host bigger plane. It can even have a brand new parking storage and a brand new public security constructing.
Griffin beforehand gave The Dispatch a full rundown on the brand new terminal, however he gave the Metropolitan Club crowd a beforehand unreported tidbit through the panel: The airport authority is seeking to deliver a brand new in-line baggage screening system to the brand new terminal that may enable vacationers to only stroll by a scanning machine, Griffin stated.
“The slowest part of your screening process is soon to become how quickly you can put your belt and jacket back on because your bag will be waiting for you,” he stated.
Most airports wouldn’t have this know-how but, however Griffin stated the brand new terminal permits the airport authority to ask the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for the most effective tools they’ve.
“I’m confident that we have their support on that,” he stated.
Griffin additionally instructed the gang that the airport authority was open to bringing a light-weight rail system or different prepare into the brand new terminal. Travelers must also prepare for superior air mobility automobiles, electrical plane that may take off vertically and fly decrease than airplanes, Griffin stated.
“That is also something that we think about, whether it’s rail or autonomous vehicles or a piloted aircraft that you can lift off of from the top of a parking garage. All of those things are in our future to some extent,” he stated.
Transportation and neighborhoods reporter Nathan Hart will be reached at [email protected], @NathanRHart on X and nathanhart.dispatch.com on Bluesky.
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