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POSTED: February 16, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S JOINT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Joint Board of Management will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:30 AM. The meeting will be live streamed at: www.facebook.com/flyavp . The public […]

POSTED: January 19, 2021 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S JOINT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Joint Board of Management will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 10:30 AM. The meeting will be live streamed at: www.facebook.com/flyavp . The public

POSTED: December 31, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Farbstein, TSA Public Affairs, Lisa.Farbstein@tsa.dhs.gov, 202-695-6742 TSA has installed new acrylic shields at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport to help protect passengers and workforce from coronavirus Avoca, PA – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new acrylic shields at the security checkpoint at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport as

POSTED: December 10, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S JOINT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Joint Board of Management will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 10:30 AM. The meeting will be live streamed at: www.facebook.com/flyavp . The public

Avoca, PA (November 20, 2020) – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) announced recently that Boscov’s Travel has released their 2021 Charter Schedule from AVP to Orlando, FL, which begins in March 2021. The non-stop flights with Southwest Airlines depart early Sunday morning and return the following Saturday evening. This gives a family seven full days

Avoca, PA (November 20, 2020) – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) announced recently that United Express will, once again, offer Northeastern Pennsylvania travelers daily service between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and United’s hub at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). The service at AVP will restart on December 17, 2020. United Express will off up to two nonstop, round

Avoca, PA (November 17, 2020) – According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the following are some travel tips to enhance your holiday flying plans: Tip 1: Know what to expect when traveling during a global pandemic and don’t forget your mask.   TSA has implemented changes to the security screening process to reduce the potential

Avoca, PA (October 8, 2020) – Carl R. Beardsley, Jr. Executive Director, announced that AVP has teamed up with 139FIRE for five days of Intensive Firefighter training, on October 11-15, 2020 at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. For the 17th year, AVP offers this course to our Airport employees and other regional Airports, as well as

Avoca, PA (October 8, 2020) – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport will be holding a Live Major Aircraft Accident Response Exercise on Sunday, October 11, 2020.  The exercise will take place between the hours of 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM on Airport property. Carl Beardsley, Executive Director, stated, “The drill will test the Airport Accident Response

POSTED: October 2, 2020 PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S JOINT BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Joint Board of Management will hold a Special Meeting regarding Personnel Appointments on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 3:30 PM. In order to comply with Governor Wolf’s Shelter in