WLWT5 / Lawson Gutzwiller / May 17, 2022Air Canada has officially resumed nonstop service between Cincinnati and Toronto.Service between the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and Toronto Pearson resumed on Sunday after being suspected for nearly two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.There was a ribbon-cutting relaunch celebration at the airport on Sunday.There are now twice daily flights available to book on Air Canada. The flights depart CVG at 6:10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. and arrive in Toronto at 7:42 a.m. and 6:12 p.m.“People are ready to travel, and we’re excited to resume service between Cincinnati and Toronto with double daily flights operated by Air Canada Express Jazz with a 50-seat CRJ200. With overall travel demand accelerating, our flights linking Cincinnati and Toronto are of interest to customers looking to visit friends and family and explore Canada’s largest city," said Lisa Pierce, vice president, Canada & USA Sales at Air Canada. "The route reconnects two well-established business markets and Air Canada’s flights are scheduled to connect easily to a myriad of flights across Canada and Europe through our Toronto Pearson hub."[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.wlwt.com/article/air-canada-nonstop-service-cincinnati-toronto-cvg/40025986) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO

91.7 WVXU / Jolene Almendarez / May 4, 2022Travelers headed through the Greater Cincinnati international airport this spring and summer will see crowd sizes nearly identical to pre-COVID days. Airport officials say that means people should start arriving at the airport at least two hours early, again. But a new piece of technology could help streamline the security experience.TSA Regional Spokesperson Mark Howell says new, upgraded computed tomography machines will help keep lines moving."The screening machines that we're using for computed tomography are very similar to what hospitals used to diagnose folks in the hospital. We just use it for a security function, and that's looking for potential threats inside of a bag," he said. "And what the software and the machines are able to do is take a bag and move it 360 degrees on a swivel and take layers of those images to look for those threats."That means electronics and liquids can stay inside bags during screenings.He says that's a security boost and efficiency gain for passengers, which is needed as passenger numbers start returning to pre-pandemic levels. In Kentucky, that starts earlier than other places due to the Flying Pig Marathon and Kentucky Derby weekend bringing in tourists to the area."So things are starting to pick up as people are starting to get out, really, for the first time in the last couple of years," Howell said.CVG Spokesperson Mindy Kershner says the airport is anticipating serving 85-90% of the number of people served in 2019. But the increase in demand is not necessarily being met with the same number of flights as before."What I've been encouraging folks to do is to plan ahead with booking your flight for the summer, if you haven't already. Really, that comes down to this increased demand and the fact that some flight capacity hasn't quite returned, yet," she said.Frontier Airlines and Air Canada are resuming some of their services in May and Delta is offering flights to Paris again, she said."So there are still flights coming back, but that demand is so high," Kershner said.The last two computed tomography machines will be installed at the airport Friday.[](https://local12.com/news/local/bengals-fans-flood-airport-to-board-flights-to-la-for-super-bowl-cincinnati-cvg-plane)[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2022-05-04/new-tech-at-cvg-will-help-streamline-pre-covid-sized-crowds) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO AND PICTURES

WKRC-TV 12 / April 20, 2022Local 12's cameras were there as the latest Tri-State Honor Flight returned. Vets got to spend a day in Washington D.C. to visit their memorials. Mike Igel, who served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, says he was moved to tears by the trip and big welcome home."We knew a couple people would be here, but nothing like this, honestly. It just takes you back to what you didn't get in the '60s," Igel said.The next Honor Flight leaves CVG on May 24.[FULL STORY HERE](https://local12.com/news/local/veterans-receive-warm-welcome-after-returning-from-honor-flight-washington-dc-capital-memorials-monuments-cvg-cincinnati-local-12-wkrc-tristate-ohio-kentucky-indiana-news) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO

WLWT5 / Lawson Gutzwiller / April 7, 2022If you have a child who loves airplanes and dreams of getting a job in the aviation industry one day, there's a summer camp at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport this summer that you might want to check out.The camp will be conducted by the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and will be held on July 7 and July 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. It is for students ages 10 through 17.The camp will be held at the CVG Centre located at 77 Comair Blvd. in Erlanger, Kentucky.There will be plenty of activities so that students can learn more about the aviation industry, which includes helping to fly an actual airplane. With a Federal Aviation Administration-certified pilot, students will participate in planning and conducting a flight in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area.Students will also learn about aircraft instruments, aircraft design, use of the aeronautical map for navigation, flight planning, history, weather, glider competition, NASA space, air traffic control (ATC) at the camp. Guides will help student practice takeoff, landing, navigation, and reading aircraft instruments through use of computer flight simulation.Lunch, snacks and a camp T-shirt will be provided for all students.It costs $279 per student to attend. Financial aid is available.[](https://local12.com/news/local/veterans-receive-warm-welcome-after-returning-from-honor-flight-washington-dc-capital-memorials-monuments-cvg-cincinnati-local-12-wkrc-tristate-ohio-kentucky-indiana-news)[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.wlwt.com/article/cvg-summer-camp-students-aviation-industry/39666006) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO

American Shipper / Eric Kulisch / April 6, 2022Like most freight agents and logistics managers, Crane Worldwide Logistics doesn’t want to own aircraft, vessels or warehouses. The non-asset-based model promotes flexibility and higher margins. But the calculus changes when there isn’t enough transportation space to efficiently move customers’ goods.International passenger flying is still half of what it was two years ago, before the pandemic, and all-cargo aircraft are mostly booked on major trade lanes. Waiting to reserve space close to the desired departure date is a recipe for delay. To lock up dedicated cargo capacity, and bypass congested U.S. gateways, Crane Worldwide recently launched a major air charter program, buying 82 entire flights from Baku, Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West Airlines and routing them to less-crowded Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).Crane is basically acting as a quasi airline, managing every aspect of air transport from sales to door delivery except flying the aircraft. Renting full plane loads for long periods is trending in air cargo because cross-border trade is strong, ocean freight is spilling over to avoid port delays and airlift capacity is still 10% below 2019 levels.Prior to the pandemic, the third-party logistics provider limited itself to prepurchasing blocks of space with airlines on popular shipping lanes “and that’s really impossible today,” said Chad Taylor, Crane’s executive vice president of global operations, in an interview. “There’s just not enough capacity out there. If you don’t do some sort of program with these freighters, then you just have to get out of the airfreight market, especially from Asia. It’s just too difficult to get reliable service” with passenger or scheduled cargo airlines.With freight forwarders waiting up to a week to recover shipments at Chicago O’Hare International Airport because short-staffed cargo terminals are flooded by all-cargo aircraft, and excessively high trucking rates, Crane opted for a centrally located secondary airport where cargo would get priority attention at a better cost.The third-party logistics provider hired Silk Way to operate the cargo flights utilizing Boeing 747-400 or 747-8 freighters from Bangkok to CVG and on to Luxembourg through the remainder of the year. Planes are landing once a week at CVG until May, when Crane will start a weekly service from Hong Kong to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky via Luxembourg. Both planes return to Luxembourg and then feed back into Silk Way’s network in Baku.Bangkok is a major export center for automotive and high-tech goods. Taylor said Crane Worldwide also trucks freight from Saigon, Malaysia and Singapore to the Thai capital to fill up the 747s.[](https://local12.com/news/local/veterans-receive-warm-welcome-after-returning-from-honor-flight-washington-dc-capital-memorials-monuments-cvg-cincinnati-local-12-wkrc-tristate-ohio-kentucky-indiana-news)[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/logistics-firm-taps-azerbaijan-airline-for-cincinnati-cargo-flights)\- COMPLETE WITH PHOTOS

Cincinnati Enquirer / Quinlan Bentley / March 31, 2022A Florida-based aircraft and aerospace maintenance company is creating more than 100 "high-paying" jobs for Kentucky residents by expanding its presence at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, officials said.F&E Aircraft Maintenance is making a $40.2 million investment in Northern Kentucky via a 150,000-square-foot, three-bay hangar at CVG, creating 250 full-time positions, according to a release from Gov. Andy Beshear's office.Construction work on the hangar is slated to begin in June and the project will be completed by the end of 2023, officials said. It will house Boeing 767 aircraft.Officials said the development will be comprised of 15,000 square feet of back shop space, 5,000 square feet of office space and 175,000 square feet of ramp access.[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2022/03/31/nky-jobs-company-create-124-employment-opportunities-cvg/7234386001/) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO

LINK / Michael Monks / March 22, 2022The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the travel industry, both leisure and business. But as case counts rapidly decline people are returning to the skies in droves. In fact, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) is seeing a spike in travel for spring break. In this episode of The Kentucky Side with Michael Monks, CVG CEO Candace McGraw talks about how the airport continued to grow in spite of the pandemic’s challenges, and also shares how it pivoted quickly to accommodate many travelers to Los Angeles for the Cincinnati Bengals’ appearance in the Super Bowl.We also talk about intergenerational workplaces. For the first time, there are people from five generations in the workforce – and while phrases like “OK, Boomer” can be funny in certain instances, finding ways to build upon the strengths of different age groups among employees is key to an organization’s success. Miami University Professor of Management and Leadership Megan Gerhardt explains.Plus, before he was known as the Wizard of Westwood, legendary college basketball coach John Wooden got his first break in coaching at Dayton High School.[FULL STORY HERE](https://linknky.com/podcasts/2022/03/22/the-kentucky-side-podcast-cvg-emerges-from-pandemic-navigating-intergenerational-workplaces/) - COMPLETE WITH AUDIO

WLWT5 / Lawson Gutzwiller / April 7, 2022If you're flying out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport soon, plan ahead.CVG officials sent out a memo Friday saying the Transportation Security Administration is expecting high travel volume because of spring break.WLWT Meteorologist Allison Rogers captured this photo below of the security line at CVG Friday. She said it started by the entrance to the airport and wrapped around twice. She said as overwhelming as the line was, it moved pretty quickly.[ ](https://www.wlwt.com/article/cvg-travelers-airport-spring-break/39479682)[FULL STORY HERE](https://www.wlwt.com/article/cvg-summer-camp-students-aviation-industry/39666006) - COMPLETE WITH VIDEO

Erlanger, Ky. (March 10, 2022) – Spring Break travel season has begun and will last for the next month. The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) estimates around 650,000 passengers from mid-March to mid-April, which is 80% of 2019 volumes.The busiest days for Spring Break travel will be Fridays. The busiest weeks will likely be the week of March 14th and April 11th. The busiest times are as usual with early morning departures (5-7:00 a.m.) and later arrivals (9-11:00 p.m.).CVG remains the regional leader in offering the most nonstop destinations. Florida continues to be a favorite destination and CVG offers 30 percent more availability to the sunshine state this year than in 2019. Other popular spots are Cancun, Las Vegas, Seattle, Boston and South Carolina (Myrtle Beach and Savannah/Hilton Head). To review nonstop flights offered at CVG, please [check here](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cvgairport.com%2Fnonstopdestinations&data=04%7C01%7Csdeatherage%40cvgairport.com%7C8e58440a29814e1b8f6208da02d69053%7Ce88b51b645364ffaa129350653cdad28%7C0%7C0%7C637825417975343264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=J4WBkEiX4Dw%2BUbWCMGQyUlkD%2F9DJ47bvXY%2BKIKXyUao%3D&reserved=0).Below are some tips and updates for those traveling in the coming weeks: Arrive to the airport two hours before your scheduled departure to avoid missing your flight. Remember to pack a mask or two as they are required to be worn inside the airport and on the aircraft through at least March 18. CVG’s Terminal Garage, ValuPark, Economy Lot and Valet service are open for parking needs. For travelers with mobility needs, wheelchair assistance can be scheduled through your airline. Please schedule in advance of your travel day. Ground transportation drop-off and pick-up locations have changed with the opening of the new rental car and ground transportation center. Travelers can view those changes and other updates to CVG’s facilities at [CVGairport.com/Updates](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cvgairport.com%2Fterminal%2Fcvg-airport-terminal-updates&data=04%7C01%7Csdeatherage%40cvgairport.com%7C8e58440a29814e1b8f6208da02d69053%7Ce88b51b645364ffaa129350653cdad28%7C0%7C0%7C637825417975499470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=HkGNSnWi8HQkDiEKq47C8lWkCHHrHvKw2MXPtsL0k4o%3D&reserved=0). If you are planning to travel this summer, book as early as possible to get the best price and flight options.“We are thrilled to continue to see an increase in travel, which means people are getting out there and taking those trips they’ve been planning for some time,” said Candace McGraw, chief executive officer, CVG. “As we celebrate our 75th anniversary this year, we are focused on inspiring travel once again and helping travelers feel confident as they return to the skies. If it’s been some time since you’ve traveled, we have a wealth of information on our website, [CVGairport.com](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cvgairport.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csdeatherage%40cvgairport.com%7C8e58440a29814e1b8f6208da02d69053%7Ce88b51b645364ffaa129350653cdad28%7C0%7C0%7C637825417975499470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=RojDmi%2B4dd1mcbTM3l8CGnKJed05d3COjfaRPWFWksU%3D&reserved=0), to help you plan ahead.”Across the country, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) anticipates daily passenger volume to be up from last year. The agency has provided its own [tips for navigating the security checkpoint](https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsa.gov%2Fnews%2Fpress%2Freleases%2F2022%2F03%2F09%2Ftsa-prepared-spring-break-travel-and-offers-10-travel-tips-smooth&data=04%7C01%7Csdeatherage%40cvgairport.com%7C8e58440a29814e1b8f6208da02d69053%7Ce88b51b645364ffaa129350653cdad28%7C0%7C0%7C637825417975499470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3reQlc8%2BRj7B7tJt3uH2iu9hSUWNv4O8ibDV6CI2BA0%3D&reserved=0).