OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ISSUE 29 NOV 2018 ON THE IN THIS ISSUE TPA offers a Day of Caring TPA employees support Metropolitan Ministries through Day of Caring event. The Airport saw more than 1.5 million passengers pass through the terminal in FY2018 over the previous year. TPA surpasses 20 million passengers in record year ampa International Airport closed Fiscal Other factors adding to the growth include: TYear 2018 after logging 21,013,788 passengers - an all-time record for TPA and • An 83 percent increase in Frontier New event space now open the Airport’s first time surpassing the 20 Airlines passengers after adding 13 TPA debuted the new Main million mark That represents a 9.3 percent new routes in the past year. Terminal event space. increase over the previous year, exceeding growth rate rojections. TPA’s fiscal year runs • Spirit Airlines added eight new nonstop from Oct. 1 through the end of September. routes, generating a 45.5 percent increase in Spirit passenger traffic. The milestone comes on the heels of United Airlines’ recent announcement that the • Icelandair’s Reykjavik service, which carrier is increasing its Tampa-San Francisco launched just before the start of Fiscal service in June 2019 from once to twice daily, Year 2018 and recently increased better serving the needs and schedules of from two weekly flights to four. Meet Jewel McNaughton the Tampa Bay area’s many business travelers For Jewel, “Everyone here has who use the route. Lufthansa will also be • TPA’s busiest spring break on record, become my family.” increasing its service from five to six days in which the Airport’s largest carrier, weekly next summer, and at the end of the Southwest Airlines, added more than a month TPA will launch Norwegian Airlines dozen additional departing flights each TPA BY THE service to London, TPA’s first time having two day during the six week period. n airlines flying to the same European city. NUMBERS Tampa Airport police invite you to ride along The Tampa International Airport Police Department invites you to see what it’s like to be an officer on patrol at America’s Favorite Airport with the Citizen Ride- Along Program (open to all applicants 18 and older). The program is designed 1,045,262 to educate citizens about police duties That’s how many passengers and allow them limited participation Frontier Airlines carried in in the day-to-day activities. Interested Fiscal Year 2018. That figure members of the community, including represents a 67.7 percent students, may participate in this program TPA’s new Ride-Along program helps people learn more increase over Fiscal Year 2017. by visiting TampaAirport.com. n about TIAPD. NOV 2018 | ON THE RADAR 1 Frontier growth continues, prompts Airside change Frontier Airlines is Tampa International Airport’s fastest growing carrier and now serves 19 markets. They will now move to Airside E, which has extra capacity. ixteen years ago, Frontier Airlines “The security checkpoints also C to Airside E means moving Frontier Scame to Tampa International can’t accommodate the increased from the red side to the blue side Airport with one route – a nonstop volume and still maintain the level of the airport, a process that those hop to Denver, Colorado. Now of service that people expect from involved in the project say is more the airline serves 19 markets and Tampa International. Last year, we complicated than on-boarding a more than 1 million passengers added two new TSA lanes at Airside new airline. Frontier’s ticket counter a year at TPA, making it the C during the busy spring break must be moved, and signs must be airport’s fastest growing airline. period. There’s just not the room to changed throughout the campus, grow anymore there and function from the George Bean Parkway to That remarkable growth means efficiently during peak periods.” the curbsides to the airport interior. they’ve outgrown their current home on Airside C, TPA’s busiest airside. Mack Sneed, maintenance Frontier will soon move to Airside We want this to be a superintendent, is coordinating the E, allowing the airline to continue sign changes. The work began weeks along its rapid growth trajectory. seamless experience ago, and will finish in the overnight They’re scheduled to start operating for the passengers.” hours of Nov. 13 when a team of from the new location on Nov. 14. eight will make the final transition. -Andrew LaGala, “We did a lot of analysis and Real Estate Project Manager “We’ll go back and double determined Airside E had the most and triple check to make sure capacity. We had to make sure we put One new screening checkpoint everything’s right,” Mack said. them on gates that make the most is being added at Airside E to sense with the least disruption to accommodate the increase in Frontier’s TPA team is excited about other carriers that may otherwise use passenger volume at that airside. the move and thinks it will be those gates,” said Adam Bouchard, beneficial from both a customer Senior Manager of Terminal TPA’s Real Estate team stayed in service and operational point of view. Operations and Security, who led close contact with all parties while the operations side of the move. arranging the move, including “I think it’s a win-win for everybody,” The need to relocate Frontier other carriers on Airside E, and have said Britt Hinkle, Frontier’s station became apparent after the airline conducted weekly meetings with manager at TPA. “We’ll have more announced 11 new destinations operations, TSA, maintenance and space for our operations and in 2017 and another six in 2018. others to ensure a smooth transition. more space for our customers.” Frontier will notify passengers in “Gating was an issue, but not the “We want it to be a seamless advance of the move by sending only one,” said Beth Zurenko, TPA’s experience for the passengers – one out notices and emails. Likewise, Vice President of Real Estate, who day it’s this and the next day it’s this,” Tampa International Airport will worked closely with the Operations said Andrew LaGala, Real Estate post the announcement internally team to coordinate the move. Project Manager. Going from Airside as well as through social media. n 2 ON THE RADAR | NOV 2018 TPA gets another international bump with new service Norwegian now offers nonstop flights to London Gatwick aboard its 787 Dreamliner. The flight launched on Halloween. wo new carriers providing UK on Swoop Airlines – an ultra-low and Canada service combined T cost carrier owned by WestJet. The with increased Lufthansa service Sun Country big pink livery sailed under an ARFF to Frankfurt are expected to add water arch while passengers enjoyed more numbers to TPA’s already rapid expands service cake and giveaways gate-side for the international passenger growth. inaugural flight. Swoop will fly three Carriers at Tampa International times weekly and service will continue Airport continue to expand their With excited departing passengers year-round. domestic networks at a rapid pace. waiting at the gate, Tampa Since late September, Sun Country International Airport’s first Norwegian The day after Swoop’s first flight, Airlines has added four new flights Airlines Dreamliner made its landing planespotters gathered to capture a from Tampa International Airport, at TPA the night of Halloween, new sight at TPA. Mainline Lufthansa helping deepen TPA’s connectivity making for a special treat to fans replaced its Cityline carrier which throughout the country. On Sept. of the red-nosed livery. The Airline, served TPA since the airline began 29, Sun Country added service which will now fly nonstop from service in September 2015. The to Madison – a new connection Tampa to London Gatwick, is known Mainline Lufthansa offers more to Wisconsin’s capital and home for its “long haul comfort” and low business class seating, and of course, of the University of Wisconsin. fares. The milestone marks the first the classic “Lufthansa” livery rather On Oct. 5, the airline added a time TPA has launched a second than the previous “Star Alliance” new connection to DFW. Just this airline service option to the same livery. The airline is also adding a month, Sun Country has brought European city. sixth weekly flight this summer – in new connections to St. Louis and speaking volumes to our international Nashville. n The addition of Norwegian – as well passenger growth. as recent celebrations of Swoop Airlines service to Ontario and With Swoop and Norwegian joining Lufthansa’s increased and enhanced our team of international carriers, service – continue the eight-year TPA now has 14 carriers that serve trend in international growth at TPA. international routes along with 19 Since 2010, TPA has increased its international destinations. These new international service by 147 percent carriers combined with Lufthansa’s and more than 10 percent from Fiscal increased summer service directly Year 17 to FY18. demonstrate TPA’s rapid international growth which we expect to continue TPA has enjoyed a strong run of new domestic and international service, including On October 27, TPA celebrated its growing in the coming months. n new routes to Nashville, Dallas-Fort Worth, inaugural flight to Hamilton, Ontario, Madison, Wisc. and St. Louis, Missouri. NOV 2018 | ON THE RADAR 3 TPA’s main runway, 1L/19R reopens after construction A nearly one month long project to make safety enhancements to TPA’s west runway, 1L/19R has concluded and airfield operations have returned to normal. The work was. The work served to make FAA-required safety enhancements, which TPA does every five years, and involved the closure of the taxiway that intersects the east-west runway.