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R.I. Airport Corp. extends CEO’s contract 3 years

Economic Activity 01/16/2024

WARWICK – The R.I. Airport Corp. confirmed on Tuesday it has extended CEO and President Iftikhar Ahmad's contract through Oct. 12, 2026. The three-year extension,...

Fitch upgrades RIAC bond rating to ‘A-’

Economic Activity 12/04/2023

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Airport Corp. has scored a financial hat trick this year. Fitch Ratings on Monday upgraded the quasi-public agency's $57 million of...

THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS passing through Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport is climbing, and the Transportation Security Administration is projecting volume will grow this summer. The state is spending $4.5 million to promote air travel to Rhode Island. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

R.I. airport passenger volume growing, but is it enough?

Government 06/16/2023

Things are looking up at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport with passenger counts climbing as the summer tourism season arrives and a $4.5...

S&P upgrades RIAC bond rating to ‘A’

Economy 05/03/2023

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. announced on Tuesday that the world’s largest credit rating agency has raised the rating for revenue bonds issued...

S&P upgrades bond ratings for RIAC from A- to A

Economic Activity 01/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has raised its long-term and underlying ratings for the Rhode Island Airport Corp. from A- to A,...

Condé Nast readers rank T.F. Green 4th best airport in nation

Hospitality & Tourism 10/05/2022

WARWICK – Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport was recognized as the fourth best airport in the nation in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2022 Readers’...

RIPPLE EFFECT: R.I. Airport Corp. CEO and President Iftikhar Ahmad thinks new nonstop flights in and out of Rhode Island International T.F. Green Airport to southern and West Coast destinations will help boost both leisure and business travel to Rhode Island, which will have a rippling effect for the rest of the state. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New nonstop flights have R.I. tourism leaders salivating

Focus 04/01/2022

Iftikhar Ahmad sees dollar signs in the winding security lines and crowds clumped around conveyor belts of suitcases at Rhode Island T.F. Green International...

Hopeful signs for tourism

Editorial and Op-Ed 04/01/2022

As we leave another COVID winter behind, some hopeful signs for tourism are emerging along with the crocuses. R.I. Commerce Corp. recently approved spending $3.4...

RHODE ISLAND T.F. GREEN International Airport in Warwick will receive $6.5 million in the 2022 fiscal year from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help upgrade and improve airport operations. Rhode Island's six state airports will receive about $45 million in total from the act over the next five years. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

R.I. state airports to receive $45M in federal funds over 5...

Economic Activity 12/17/2021

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s state-run airports will receive $45 million from the Federal Aviation Administration over the next five years to help upgrade and...