by - May 8, 2019 1:08 pm
Aaron Burkes had no aviation experience before he became CEO and executive director for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) more than six months ago. But, he could have. Burkes’ first…
by - April 13, 2019 8:18 pm
Aaron Burkes has been named to the Transportation Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Burkes is the CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority (XNA)….
by - April 8, 2019 3:25 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) will start to offer nonstop flights to Denver for as low as $39 starting June 27, officials said. Jonathon Nield, senior manager of network planning…
by - March 15, 2019 12:34 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) looks to broaden the design scope for a project to expand and renovate the terminal as it works to hire a chief financial officer and…
by - March 4, 2019 3:30 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) has changed its approach toward building an access road to the Highfill airport. Airport officials will look to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) to…
by - November 18, 2018 3:46 pm
In the late 1980s, business leaders Sam Walton, J.B. Hunt and Don Tyson were working to update their 10-year plans, and one of the goals that continued to come up…
by - October 31, 2018 3:00 pm
A 30-foot renovation to the security checkpoint at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) about 12 years ago was supposed to add enough extra capacity to last 20 years, but growth…
by - October 24, 2018 5:42 pm
Airport Director Kelly Johnson of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill has been promoted to chief operating officer and will start in the position Nov. 1. Members of…
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…
