WVXU: In an effort to decrease emissions, CVG wants to create a one-stop maintenance shop for planes
08/07/2023
WVXU / Ann Thompson / August 7, 2023
The Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is seeing green over a plan to increase revenue and help lower airplane emissions.
It's marketing a 350-acre plot of land in phases, south of the terminal and next to CVG's longest runway, which would serve as a maintenance "ecosystem."
The "green" part is because empty cargo and passenger planes wouldn't have to be flown to other airports for service. They could stay right here and that would reduce emissions.
"If we can take care of the lifecycle of an aircraft here at CVG, then there's no reason for an airline or an operator to go to another airport to get maintenance done," says airport spokesperson Mindy Kershner. "They can kind of get it all done here."
The area is called "Hangar Row," and Kershner says this is an opportunity to develop land in a prime spot that's connected to CVG's taxiways and longest runway.