Updates about Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (NWFBIA)

[DuneLaker]

"THE? Airport" kills me ... I'm laughin' & droolin' over here ... thank you Shelly.

So even tho BayCo didn't succeed at getting the competition shut down, I feel it's still reasonable to simply steal their (new) name ... Northwest Florida Regional Airport is clearly the best choice. Unless anyone likes BayCo UFly.

Good early call and insight.

 

[SHELLY]

New airport name 'confusing' - Okaloosa - Northwest Florida Daily News

"Brannon assured the Airport Authority that a recently passed half-cent bed tax in Walton County was meant strictly to help bring low-cost carriers to the new Bay County airport, and not other nearby airports such as Northwest Florida Regional.

Brannon is not exactly telling the truth.

http://fl-waltoncounty.civicplus.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=619

See Resolution on Page 3.

 

[Just Curious]

New airport name 'confusing' - Okaloosa - Northwest Florida Daily News

"Brannon assured the Airport Authority that a recently passed half-cent bed tax in Walton County was meant strictly to help bring low-cost carriers to the new Bay County airport, and not other nearby airports such as Northwest Florida Regional.

“It’s just true that many of our infrastructure and transportation needs are linked to Bay County,” Brannon said after the meeting.

Brannon’s and Moliterno’s support of the Bay County airport came as a shock to Donovan.

“It was an absolute surprise,” he said. “Historically, Walton County and the Walton County chamber have been supportive of VPS (Okaloosa Regional).”

Donovan objected to Brannon’s characterization of the half-cent bed tax. He noted a resolution the Walton County Commission approved in March that calls for using the tax revenue to help attract a low-cost carrier either Okaloosa or Bay counties."

I find it interesting that the majority of the people quoted in this article were from Okaloosa county. Wouldn't someone from the NWPCIA (wow, that is long) be more appropriate?

 

[beachmouse]

For all that they're slowly blending into one, there are still different FWB and PCB newspapers. Here's the Bay County version of the same article:

New airport has a name - UPDATED - The News Herald

 

[scooterbug44]

Brannon is not exactly telling the truth.

Good think I was sitting down for that SHOCKER!

You'd think Brannon would want to be distancing himself from anything to do with places to park planes. ;-)

 

[Just Curious]

Five names were submitted to board members for consideration: Northwest Florida International Airport, Florida International Airport, Emerald Coast International Airport, Florida Beaches International Airport and Beaches International Airport. Other names, such as Florida Beaches International Airport at Panama City, were also kicked around by the board Wednesday.

I think any of these would have been a better choice, but I wasn't on the board.

 

[SHELLY]

Five names were submitted to board members for consideration: Northwest Florida International Airport, Florida International Airport, Emerald Coast International Airport, Florida Beaches International Airport and Beaches International Airport. Other names, such as Florida Beaches International Airport at Panama City, were also kicked around by the board Wednesday.

I think any of these would have been a better choice, but I wasn't on the board.

Come on...."BEACHES" International Airport???

Best alternative recommended in the comment section: "Girls Gone Wild International"

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[Just Curious]

Come on...."BEACHES" International Airport???

Best alternative recommended in the comment section: "Girls Gone Wild International"

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Ok, maybe not that one, but Emerald Coast International Airport isn't that bad.

 

[Lake View Too]

Emerald Coast International Airport is just fine FTLOC! Do "the powers that be" just have a hard time with making things simple?

 

[Matt J]

Emerald Coast International Airport is just fine FTLOC! Do "the powers that be" just have a hard time with making things simple?

I think one of them owns a sign shop that charges by the letter.