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Below are press releases distributed over the past 12 months. Earlier releases can be found in our archives.
If you have questions regarding a release, please contact:
Victor Gill
Director, Public Affairs and Communications
Telephone: (818) 840-8840
BURBANK, Calif., May 14, 2013 – The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has approved a marketing agreement with IMG College, LLC that will link the Burbank Bob Hope Airport with UCLA Athletics and designate the Airport as the “Official Airport of the Rose Bowl Stadium.” IMG College is the official marketing representative of UCLA Athletics and the Rose Bowl Operating Company. The Authority approved the execution of a three-year marketing agreement effective May 15, 2013 totaling $309,000. The Authority has an option for one two-year extension after the first three years.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., May 7, 2013 — The Burbank Bob Hope Airport is currently promoting two opportunities for travelers to win big and save money.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., April 30, 2013 – Portland, Oregon based SeaPort Airlines will begin service from Imperial County Airport on May 1, 2013, to Burbank Bob Hope Airport. SeaPort will offer 12 nonstop round-trips per week, flying a nine-seat Cessna Caravan aircraft, and will operate from the Airport’s Terminal A.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., March 4, 2013 – The high school student winners of the Bob Hope Airport "2013 Tower Banner Student Art Contest" from Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena Unified School Districts presented their winning artwork at today’s March 4, 2013 Airport Authority meeting. The winners were chosen from 186 entries across all three districts. Joining them were their art teachers and district art coordinators, along with many of the students’ proud parents.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., January 15, 2013 – The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, owner and operator of Bob Hope Airport, has elected new interim officers to head the Authority Commission. The election followed the resignation of former Airport Authority President and Pasadena Commissioner Chris Holden, who assumed office in the State Assembly in December, representing the 41st District.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., January 14, 2013 — The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has voted to approve retaining two firms, AECOM, Inc. and STV, Inc., to conduct studies focusing on improving multi-modal transit connections to and from Burbank Bob Hope Airport and to begin planning for potential land uses in and around the Airport, including the B-6 property, site of the former Lockheed Martin “Skunk Works.”
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., December 4, 2012 – Daily parking rates for selected lots at Burbank Bob Hope Airport will be adjusted upward by $2 effective January 15, 2013. Rates for other lots will remain unchanged, and Airport patrons will still be able to park at the current $10 per day economy rate in Lot A, located at Hollywood Way and Winona Avenue, one block north of the main Airport entrance.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., November 29, 2012 — Bob Hope Airport is open. However, last night the Airport experienced a failure of the Runway 15-33 edge lighting system and is under repair. Runway 8-26 lighting system is fully operational and is open for arrivals but not departures.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., November 16, 2012 — Thanksgiving week kicks off the winter holiday travel season, and passengers traveling through Burbank Bob Hope Airport between Friday, November 16 and Monday, November 26 will experience higher-than-normal passenger traffic due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., November 8, 2012 — On Friday, November 9, the Burbank Bob Hope Airport Police, Fire, Operations, and Maintenance Departments will collect donations to aid Superstorm Sandy relief efforts on the East Coast. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., November 7, 2012 — The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has approved a $150,000, six-month marketing program that will increase awareness of the Burbank Bob Hope Airport in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., September 25, 2012 – Beginning October 1, 2012, the Bob Hope Airport administration office hours will change to 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The offices will be closed on weekends and holidays.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., September 19, 2012 — On September 20, 2012, prime contractor McCarthy Building Companies will begin the pile driving phase of the construction of Burbank Bob Hope Airport’s Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). Eight hundred seventy-five piles will be driven between now and the middle of December 2012 to support the above ground structural elements of the RITC.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., September 17, 2012 — The public is invited to attend a community workshop on the aircraft noise impact study being conducted by the Bob Hope Airport, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. This is an update to the Airport’s 1998 “Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150 Study,” which evaluates current and future aircraft noise impacts on communities near airports.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., July 11, 2012 — Bob Hope Airport is partnering with Southwest Airlines to host a “Fly Back to School” social media contest from July 11-Aug. 6, 2012. One winner will receive a round-trip ticket, courtesy of Southwest Airlines, to fly back to his or her college or university in the fall. To be considered eligible to win, contestants must be at least 18 years of age, currently enrolled in a college or university, and list the Bob Hope Airport as either their origin or destination airport. Only one entry per contestant is permitted. The winner will be publicly announced on Aug. 14, 2012.
Click here for a PDF of the complete release.BURBANK, Calif., July 2, 2012 – The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority,
owner and operator of Bob Hope Airport, has elected new officers to head the Authority
Commission for a one year term from July 2012 through June 2013. The Commission elects
officers each July.
BURBANK, Calif., June 18, 2012 — Participants in a questionnaire about Bob Hope Airport offered on the Internet April 16–30 to all persons expressed favorable overall attitudes about the Airport and the desirability of a replacement passenger terminal with the same number of gates as the current 82-year-old terminal.
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