Tag: Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
Brownsville airport gets $9M for runway reconstruction
The city of Brownsville is in line for more than $9 million in federal funding to pay for upgrades to the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport.
Global tech disruption affects RGV air travel
A global technology outage directly affected Rio Grande Valley air travel Friday morning, delaying flights at all three airports.
Nonstop flights to Monterrey from Brownsville begin in September
Mexican air carrier Aerus announced Monday that it is instituting nonstop, daily service between Brownsville and Monterrey this fall.
Brownsville South Padre International Airport hires new director
The Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport has a new director, Angel E. Ramos, formerly vice president of planning and development for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport Authority (CVG) in Hebron, Kentucky.
Brownsville airport names assistant director
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport announced that Christopher Hopkins has been named assistant airport director.
Discrimination lawsuit filed: Former Brownsville South Padre Island airport assistant director claims retaliation
Shaun J. Kelly, former assistant director of the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, filed a lawsuit against the city of Brownsville on July 21 alleging that he was fired for being gay.
Avelo adds direct flight from Brownsville to Las Vegas
The Brownsville South Padre Island International hosted a celebration and ribbon-cutting Friday morning to mark the first nonstop, direct flight from Brownsville to Las Vegas aboard an Avelo Airlines 737, which departed at 11:45 a.m. for Harry Reid International Airport five miles south of downtown Las Vegas.
It’s departure time for the Brownsville airport director, who landed a job in Boston
Bryant Walker, director of aviation for the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport since May 2016, is stepping down to take a job with the Federal Aviation Administration in Boston, Mass.
Avelo announces non-stop service between Brownsville and Las Vegas
Just five weeks after inaugurating direct, non-stop service between Brownsville and Orlando, Florida, and Burbank, California, discount air carrier Avelo Airlines has announced direct, non-stop service between Brownsville and Las Vegas.
First flight: Avelo Airlines begins Brownsville service
At 10:26 a.m. on Wednesday, Avelo Airlines Flight 733 from Orlando, Fla., touched down at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, taxied under a massive water arch provided by two greenish-yellow airport fire trucks, and pulled up to Gate 2.