by - October 17, 2018 4:08 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority approved an annual salary of $205,000 for Aaron Burkes, the next CEO and executive director for the Highfill-based airport. Burkes accepted the offer after an…
by - September 25, 2018 2:50 pm
Blake Woolsey of Fayetteville was recently appointed chairwoman of the board of directors for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority after chairman Art Formanek resigned to establish an aviation program…
by - August 29, 2018 3:01 pm
Six candidates want to be the next CEO and executive director for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill, and each one will be interviewed individually by the airport’s…
by - June 13, 2018 4:36 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) continues to make progress toward a $20 million project to renovate and expand the terminal as construction on other projects, such as the parking deck,…
by - May 9, 2018 1:09 pm
Succession planning continues at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) as Scott Van Laningham, CEO and executive director for the Highfill-based airport, looks to retire later this year. XNA hired executive…
by - April 4, 2018 7:31 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) officials want to take a new approach to the airport access road that has been studied for more than 12 years to improve access to…
by - March 27, 2018 4:23 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill may soon hire Hight Jackson Associates of Rogers to design a $20 million terminal renovation project that’s expected to include an elevated walkway,…
by - March 20, 2018 12:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill is like a small city. More than 1.4 million travelers visit annually, not including those who meet and greet them daily, and the…
by - February 14, 2018 7:23 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority approved changing operating rates for some of the airport’s carriers and installing an electronic guidance system in the parking deck. The board that oversees the…
by - February 7, 2018 6:01 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport plans to install an electronic guidance system to track vacant spaces in the top three levels of the four-story parking deck and add 200 parking spaces…
by - December 17, 2017 5:47 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport will add two gates to the B concourse and establish a generic gate system for them. On Dec. 13, the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority approved…
by - December 13, 2017 4:39 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority approved spending up to $200,000 to hire an executive consultant to review the airport’s organizational structure and recruit a CEO. The board also approved a…
by - December 8, 2017 9:41 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport is planning to slash most rates for carriers in 2018 as a result of a nearly $550,000 decrease in interest on debt owed. On (Friday) Dec….
by - November 29, 2017 4:08 pm
Members of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority heard proposals from two executive consulting firms and recommended selecting Russell Reynolds Associates to help find a chief executive officer for Northwest…
by - November 13, 2017 2:22 pm
Correcting an enplanement discrepancy of more than 57,000 over nearly three years might help attract another low-cost carrier to Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). “Higher passenger numbers mean more potential…
by - October 18, 2017 7:44 pm
Design work has been approved to expand the checkpoint up to 90 feet at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority Board of…
by - September 11, 2017 4:09 pm
A rise in enplanements and sales at food venues are driving an increase in food and beverage revenue at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). Food and beverage revenue has increased…
by - August 29, 2017 12:33 pm
Board members of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport want to determine the best way to pay for four projects that would expand several areas of the terminal and increase rental…
by - August 16, 2017 5:26 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport has received three proposals from nationwide executive consultants to help it to develop a plan for succession of its administrative staff, the skills of the future…
by - August 9, 2017 3:21 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) plans to implement a geofence system that will monitor transit providers at the airport and to charge them when they pick up passengers. Ridesharing companies…
