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ORLANDO, FL. – As summer vacation started for many students in May, so did vacation and convention plans for many families and business leaders and what better place to travel than the country’s most visited destination, Orlando, Florida. May passenger traffic reflected the popularity of the destination with over 3.7 million traveling through Orlando International  […]

Inaugural TAM flight from Rio de Janeiro and inaugural Eurowings flight from Cologne, Germany greeted with a water salute from Airport Rescue Fire Fighters (ARFF) at Orlando International Airport ORLANDO, FL. – Orlando International Airport (MCO) expands its international travel and business opportunities for Central Florida corporate and leisure fliers. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Zurich, Switzerland […]

GOAAs Small Business Development Department Hosts First South Terminal Project Presentation Stan Thornton, COO of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, introduced the scope of the Authority’s $2.1 billion South Terminal Complex expansion to an audience comprised of nearly 250 small businesses ORLANDO, FL — Nearly 250 small businesses interested in working with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) […]

The Fourth of July 2017 travel season runs from Tuesday, June 27th through Sunday, July 9th. Passenger traffic activity at Orlando International Airport this year is projected to be 5.6% higher than the 2016 holiday season. The busiest travel days are expected to be Saturday, July 1st with a combined 148,718 departures and arrivals and Saturday, July […]

Liberty Weekend 2017 in front of a full house at Orlando International Airport. Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board Treasurer Domingo Sanchez with Col. Joe Kittinger, Award recipient Alfred G. Harms Jr., GOAA Chairman Frank Kruppenbacher and GOAA Executive Director Phil Brown stand behind one-of-a-kind Kittinger Award ORLANDO, FL. – Under a canopy of stars and stripes, […]

ORLANDO, FL. – At the June board meeting of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority the board acted on a number of wide-ranging issues including an update for the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) which includes the 60 percent design plans for the planned South Terminal Complex (STC) phase one, changing the fee structure for Orlando International […]

ORLANDO, FL. – April saw a resurgence of international travelers at Orlando International Airport (MCO). International travel climbed by double digits in April, up nearly 11.2 percent. That increase, along with healthy domestic traffic, pushed overall passenger volume up over 9 percent for the month. “April’s strong numbers prove that Orlando remains a popular domestic and global […]

ORLANDO, FL — The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Small Business Development Department announces a construction program presentation for the South Terminal Complex project scheduled to begin construction this year. The Construction Program Presentation will be on Thursday, June 29, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Orlando Executive Airport located at 365 Rickenbacker Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. […]

ORLANDO, FL. – Once again Central Florida is the nation’s most visited destination with over 68 million annual guests according to 2016 statistics released by Visit Orlando. And March passenger traffic figures at Orlando International Airport (MCO) reflect that steady growth. In March some 4 million travelers moved through MCO, which is a nearly 2.9 percent climb […]

ORLANDO, FL. – The Board of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) is moving forward with its pledge to compensate passengers who missed flights or were re-booked resulting from outages of the Automated People Mover (APM) service at Orlando International Airport. “This is our effort to mitigate travelers’ costs due to the tram outages,” says Phil Brown, […]