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City of Bangor Airport Committee
August 2, 2021
Meeting Minutes
The following City Councilors attended: Councilors Sarah Dubay, Rick Fournier, Susan Hawes, Jonathan
Sprague and Dan Tremble. Also in attendance were Airport Director Tony Caruso and Marketing and
Business Development Manager Aimee Thibodeau.
Agenda and Discussion:
1. PFC project update: Change Order for Gate 5
Director Caruso reported that a Change Order has been approved for $211,500 for additional work at
Gate 5. The funds will be used to install a fixed walkway tunnel, to do additional concrete foundation
and site work and for electrical upgrades to power the bridge and the bridge HVAC.
2. Project updates
a) ABS performance evaluation recommendations
The BGR Management Team has reviewed the recommendations. Further action will begin
after the new Assistant Airport Director has started to give him the opportunity to provide
feedback and be involved with implementation. We will be using a phased-in approach with
existing staff.
b) AIP #77 – Airport Master Plan
We are about two-thirds of the way through this project. We recently met with our technical
advisory stakeholder group and key City staff. We will bring the Plan back to the Committee
and Council once completed.
c) AIP #78 – ASR relief & repairs
This project is progressing as planned. Sometime during late September/early October, the
runway will be shut down for 48 hours to complete the work.
d) AIP #79 – Taxiway A & M repairs
Work on this project started today, and will be completed by the end of summer.
3. Statistics & Airport Advertising/Marketing Update
a) May/June Statistics
Passenger traffic is picking up rapidly with a historically high June!! This is more significant
because the Canadian border is still closed; Canadians account for about 40% of our passenger
traffic. Load factors are where we expect them to be in the summer. American has the largest
percent of market share because they have the most flights flying in and out of BGR.
Monthly Total Operations up 52% over last year.
While June DOD fuel sales were down slightly from 2020, total fuel sales were up 20%.
b) Advertising
We have an advertising campaign ready to go when the time is right. We are coordinating
with CVB to maximize impact and to ensure we are reaching the proper catchment area.
Radio advertising is expensive in Canada, so we’ll be doing digital when the border opens.
This is more cost effective and enables us to track impacts.
c) FBO Marketing
Aimee reviewed the draft FBO Marketing plan and recently produced video.
Meeting Adjourned