Philadelphia Airport, A Trans-Atlantic Hub With No Trans-Atlantic Flights, Will Offer Incentives To Airlines

Philadelphia Airport, A Trans-Atlantic Hub With No Trans-Atlantic Flights, Will Offer Incentives To Airlines

Philadelphia Airport, A Trans-Atlantic Hub With No Trans-Atlantic Flights, Will Offer Incentives To Airlines





Aircraft sit at gates at Philadelphia International Airport.



Philadelphia International Airport



Philadelphia International Airport, a preeminent trans-Atlantic hub that for the moment has not a single trans-Atlantic passenger flight, says it has launched an incentive program intended to help it reclaim traffic lost to the coronavirus crisis.



The airport said it would waive airport fees and provide outdoor advertising for both passenger and cargo airlines that add flights.



On the passenger side, the incentives could be several thousand dollars per flight in waivers of charges including federal inspection fees, deplaning fees and landing fees, which depend on aircraft weight.  Plan expense is capped at $6 million.



"The idea was for us to be one of the first airports in the U.S. to have an incentive plan to help with the recovery,“ said Stephanie Wear, the airport's director of air service development and cargo services.



"Because of this unprecedented situation, we need to help our airline partners get back to 2019, a record-breaking year for Philadelphia airport, and we'd like to get back as quickly as we can,“ she said.



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