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TSA Announces $600,000 Award for New Checked Baggage Screening System at Grand Forks International Airport
Aug. 23, 2010: The Grand Forks International Airport received an award of approximately $600,000 for construction of a new inline baggage system designed to enhance TSA's efforts to strengthen security at airports. North Dakota's TSA Federal Security Director John Hursey says this technology will streamline the baggage screening process and strengthen security. It will make the baggage process faster and more efficent, which is great news for passengers at Grand Forks' airport. Rick Audette, GFK's Operations and Maintenance manager said, "We greatly appreciate the assisstance of TSA with our exciting terminal project. The partnership with TSA will improve customer service and enhance the efficiency and security of our airport."
1st Quarter 2010 - Boardings Up, Setting New Record
The Grand Forks International Airport has set a 1st Quarter airline boardings record. Additional flights provided by Delta, Allegiant, Sun Country and Xtra Airways have boosted the boardings to 10,026 passengers in March. This was a 20% increase over March boardings from 2009. The total first quarter boardings were 27,880, breaking the previous record of 25,388 set back in 1994. Executive Director Patrick Dame states: “This is one more step toward meeting our goal of 110,000 passenger boardings in 2010. We greatly appreciate the support of our customers and their use of the Grand Forks International Airport."
In June, 2010, Delta Air Lines will start flying seven daily jet flights from Grand Forks to Minneapolis. The increased flights will provide better connections east and westbound accompanied by longer business days and shorter connection times. See below.
Enhanced Service from Delta
The Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority is pleased to announce the addition of two additional jet flights to Minneapolis, resulting in seven daily flights, increasing the seat capacity by 26 percent daily (72 seats per day). This announcement is a result of a team effort between Delta Air Lines, the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority and the Greater Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation.
The two additional flights arrive at GFK at 2:18pm and 6:20pm, departing at 3pm and 7pm. and will begin on June 10, 2010. Customers will be able to start booking travel on those flights March 13th.
The Authority believes this will provide our business and leisure customers with improved connection times, more chances to get back to Grand Forks as well as providing a full business day for people traveling to do business in Grand Forks. GFK will have a Delta arrival scheduled every two hours from 10:30am to midnight, and a departure to Minneapolis every two hours from 5am to 7pm. The addition of the 5:15 departure from MSP-GFK allows business travelers a full business day in the Twin Cities to be home in time for dinner. Read more in our press release.
