HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-02-07 Airport Committee Minutes City of Bangor Airport Committee
February 7, 2022
Meeting Minutes
The following City Councilors attended: Council Chair Rick Fournier, Committee Chair Angela
Okafor, Councilors Clare Davitt, Susan Hawes, Gretchen Schaefer and Jonathan Sprague. Also
in attendance were Airport Director Tony Caruso and Marketing and Business Development
Manager Aimee Thibodeau.
Agenda and Discussion:
1. Order - Renewal Agreement for Curative, Inc. Airport Terminal Covid testing site
Staff requests approval for an Order that will authorize a temporary use agreement renewal
between the City and Curative, Inc. for a kiosk to provide Covid testing for travelers, the
general public and City of Bangor employees. This agreement renewal is for a 6 month
period, with an option to extend on a month-to-month basis, for a lease rate of$349 per
month. Curative will furnish all labor, services, materials, supplies, and equipment necessary
to maintain the kiosk operation during defined hours. In addition, Curative shall comply with
all City and airport property and facility rules and regulations.
Motion made, seconded and approved by rollcall vote.
2. Airport Advertising & Marketing update
a. December Statistics
We had another record month in December continuing the trend of the prior 6 months. We
ended the year with 585,000 passengers,just 21,000 below our record 2019 year. American
Airlines has 52% of passengers with the other airlines having a good mix of the other half.
Load factors continue to be very strong. Total Operations were up 2% in December over
December, 2020 and up 22% FYTD. Fuels sales continue to be very strong.
b. CY21 Year in Review
• Facebook was our primary Social Media focus in 2021 with followers nearly
doubling. Followers come not only from surrounding towns and Canada, but also
from New York, Atlanta and as far away as Australia. Our top Instagram posts
featured operations and our beautiful scenery. Twitter will become more valuable as
we continue with FBO re-branding.
• Aimee distributed a BGR 2021 Marketing Recap. It showed how our messaging
evolved throughout the year in response to Covid and traveler concerns. We've
developed and started to implement our FBO/GA Business Development Marketing
and Branding plan. Community and Business Engagement continue to be a strong
focus, including a targeted campaign to area businesses that we're ready when they
are ready to resume business travel. Many initiatives took place during the year to
support Staff Recruitment, Retention and Engagement.
c. Update on FBO rebranding and marketing plan
We've taken the ABS recommendations as well as staff suggestions to enhance our
operations at the FBO, including the new logo. We are sticking to our BGR roots, but
moving us to the next level based on the recommendations. There is a new website with
the new FBO branding.
d. Big Brothers/Big Sisters event support
C&L Aviation will be hosting a plane pull as a fundraiser for Big Brothers/Big Sisters in
September. We'll be lending our support with Marketing and Community Engagement.
3. Airport Updates
a. Terminal Study—design & engineering phase 1 update
We continue to move forward with design of the post-security Connector between the DAB
& IAB. The next step is costing and putting together a funding plan. We'll bring the
information back to Committee.. It's unlikely we'll be able to start construction this summer.
We hope to do a few things, like reconfigure the TSA checkpoint, to relieve some of last
year's pressure.
Meeting Adjourned