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ORLANDO, FL.– Today the Board of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) voted unanimously to rescind a previous directive from its February meeting. That directive started the process of pursing privatizing security screening functions or the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) at Orlando International Airport (MCO). “We have had substantive and very productive meetings with TSA […]

At today’s April meeting, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board voted to position Orlando International Airport (MCO) as the first U.S. airport to fully deploy the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Biometric Entry and Exit Program. The Board approved $4 million in funding to integrate the passenger processing system that will use facial recognition technology to […]

ORLANDO, FL — Frontier Airlines continues to further expand its flight schedule at Orlando International Airport (MCO). The Denver-based carrier has announced three more domestic routes from Central Florida. Starting in August, non-stop service will be available to Harrisburg, PA; Syracuse, NY; and Portland, ME. These latest additions bring the total number of markets served […]

ORLANDO, FL — Windmills, tulips, art museums and picturesque canals & bridges are now just a single flight away. New non-stop service connecting Central Florida and Amsterdam, Netherlands begins tomorrow, March 30, 2018. Delta Air Lines, in partnership with KLM/Air France, will fly between Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS). Delta will offer daily service […]

ORLANDO, FL — Travel momentum continues to build at Orlando International Airport (MCO). Currently riding a wave of Spring Break traffic, MCO is announcing even more connections to Central Florida. Several airlines are adding or increasing flights to multiple domestic and global destinations. Beginning March 26, 2018, Virgin Atlantic’s seasonal service to Belfast, Northern Ireland returns […]

ORLANDO, FL. – Orlando International Airport (MCO) begins 2018 building on last year’s record passenger traffic numbers. For January, MCO had over 3.9 million travelers. That represents an 8 percent increase over the same time last year. Carry-over from the busiest Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel season in MCO history is partially attributable for the strong January […]

ORLANDO, FL. – Brazilian travelers are coming to Orlando and Central Florida in record numbers. Bouncing back from its nationwide economic hardships, Brazilian travel to Central Florida is poised to reach an all-time high in 2018. A Reuters’ poll in October forecast that Brazil’s GDP would grow from 0.7 percent in 2017 to 2.3 percent in 2018, citing […]

ORLANDO, FL.– All of the numbers have been tallied and Orlando International Airport (MCO) was the busiest airport in the state of Florida in 2017. MCO had another record setting year with some 44.6 million total passengers. Driving the increase in traffic was a strong uptick in domestic travel, climbing some 6.52 percent. “Orlando International is busier […]

ORLANDO, FL. – November, the traditional kick off of the busy holiday travel season, started with more passenger travel records being shattered at Orlando International Airport (MCO). In what would prove to be the busiest Thanksgiving travel period in airport history, more than 3.6 million passengers used MCO during the month. That represents a strong 7 percent increase […]

THIS IS A RE-ISSUE OF A PREVIOUS STATE OF FLORIDA RELEASE Orlando, FL – The Florida Division of Emergency Management is currently working with our local, state and federal partners to transition the Orlando International Airport (MCO) Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) to a location within the community. Many of the individuals affected by Hurricane Maria […]