Airport Practices for Onboarding a New Passenger Airline (2024)

After new airline service has been acquired, preparing for the airline to launch service requires advance planning and coordination between the airport and new airline. Onboarding a new airline involves multiple people and/or departments at the airport.

ACRP Synthesis 134: Airport Practices for Onboarding a New Passenger Airline, from TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program, describes airport practices and approaches as to how airport staff prepare to onboard a new passenger airline.