While gas prices in the Rochester area topped out at $3 per gallon this week — the highest Memorial Day week average locally since 2018 — experts are predicting a spike in travel for the holiday. GasBuddy this week said ...

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The Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport will have a new low-fare airline on the tarmac beginning next month. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello on Wednesday announced that low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines will begin three-day-a-week service on May 20 from ...

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Air travelers to and from Rochester will get a boost to their internet speed through a new advertising partnership between Greenlight Networks LLC and the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. “This partnership is about an investment in our community,” ...

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Frederick Douglass-Greater Rochester International Airport seized nearly $2 million worth of counterfeit items in October. CBP on Tuesday said last month officers targeted multiple shipments that totaled nearly 200 seizures of items that ...

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Greater Rochester International Airport is slated to receive nearly $5.7 million in federal funding for improvements. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the airport, which soon will be known as Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport, $5.68 million ...

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The Greater Rochester International Airport will adopt the name of the city’s most famous abolitionist. County lawmakers on Tuesday voted to change the airport name to Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport, following a petition and bipartisan legislation co-sponosored by ...

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Three Rochester-area airports will share nearly $700,000 in federal funding earmarked for safety and quality improvement projects. “Air travel in and out of the greater Rochester region is vital to the connectivity and success of the regional economy, which is ...

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The State of New York is making $20 million available for airport modernization and safety enhancement projects, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The Airport Capital Grant Program is funded solely through the state and is part of the state’s larger, ...

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The Greater Rochester International Airport has taken steps to improve access for blind and low-vision travelers. The airport has joined the Aira Tech Corp. airport network to enable passengers to access visual information on-demand from a remote Aira agent. The ...

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The Greater Rochester International Airport terminal entrance canopy project has earned a nod from the New York State Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The Project of the Year Award recognized the “Gateway to Monroe County” project and the ...

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The Greater Rochester International Airport has been awarded a grant to install a garage parking guidance system. The $499,000 state Department of Transportation grant will enable the airport to construct a parking guidance system inside the airport ramp garage. The ...

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The $79 million, two-year transformation of the Greater Rochester International Airport garnered a great deal of attention both during construction and following its completion last fall. This week the renovation earned the Project of the Year Award from the Genesee ...

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Fourteen months after stepping into the role of interim director of the Greater Rochester International Airport, Andrew Moore has been named to the permanent position of airport director. “I am thrilled to announce that Andy Moore will continue to pilot ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in town Wednesday to officially declare the $79.4 million renovations to the Greater Rochester International Airport complete. Amid much fanfare under the new canopy that covers the upper and lower airport roadways, Cuomo drew attention to ...

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As part of its ongoing $79 million renovation project, the Greater Rochester International Airport this week unveiled a new passenger security checkpoint. The spacious, six-lane checkpoint is another major milestone in the project, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo said. “Convenient ...

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