Posts by wcgadmin

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (November 3, 2013) Re-Posted from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sunday, November 3, 2013. Story by Peter Bacque In a moment long awaited by local air travelers, Southwest Airlines started service at Richmond International Airport today. The low-fare, no-frills carrier is entering the Richmond market initially with just one daily round-trip, nonstop flight to Orlando, Fla., the…

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (November 3, 2013) Re-Posted from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sunday, November 3, 2013. Story by Peter Bacque. Jon E. Mathiasen goes way back with Southwest Airlines. The president and CEO of Richmond International Airport first worked with Southwest Airlines when he was an official at the Midland, Texas, airport from 1983 to 1987. He also dealt…

RICHMOND, Virginia (October 22, 2012) An exhibition of photographs by Virginia artist Andrew Zimmermann opens today at Richmond International Airport (RIC). The show will be on view in the first level of the terminal through February 2013. Photographed within one mile of Zimmermann’s home in Arlington, VA, Common Place explores that sense of strangeness within a…

RICHMOND, Virginia (October 7, 2013) An exhibition of photographs by Virginia-based artist Mel Kobran, called “Other Places: Photographs by Mel Kobran,” opens today at Richmond International Airport (RIC). The show will be on view in the first level of the terminal through February 2014. Kobran created the composite images in this exhibition from photographs taken during…

Environmentally positive transition to cleaner-burning alternative fuel creates opportunity to showcase Richmond region assets

Air Transport Research Society (ASTR) study ranks RIC #2 in North America for operating efficiency, management among small and mid-sized airports

RICHMOND, VA (June 24, 2013) – An exhibition of photographs by Richmond-based artist Matthew Warren, called “Unlinked: Photographs by Matthew Warren,” opens today at Richmond International Airport (RIC). The show will be on view in the first level of the terminal through October 2013. In these vibrant and eye-catching photographs, Warren takes a look at the…

Richmond, VA (June 13, 2013) The Capital Region Airport Commission was named a recipient of a 2013 Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC) Award. The airport was recognized in the category entitled Award of the Organization-Regional Airports for initiatives that promoted the growth and development of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE).  The award was announced this week at AMAC’s…

$89 fares between Richmond and Orlando

RICHMOND, VA (March 28, 2013) Richmond International Airport (RIC) is putting its money where its welcome for NASCAR is. Teams and fans flying corporate and private aircraft into RIC for NASCAR race week April 22-28 will save six cents on every gallon of aviation fuel they buy for their planes — for about a one percent…