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Tampa International Airport officials celebrated several business partner employees for their outstanding customer service and hospitality at the annual “I Am TPA” recognition lunch.The I Am TPA program is dedicated to honoring workers who consistent...

Tampa International Airport has once again been named the #1 Large Airport in the J.D. Power North America Airport Satisfaction Study, one of the most prestigious analytics reports in the industry. TPA is only the third airport in the study’s 18-year...

Tampa Bay kids interested in aviation and aerospace careers can learn how to soar at this year’s annual Girls in Aviation Day by the Tampa Bay Chapter of Women in Aviation International.The free event is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 23, a...

Last week, on Sept. 7, the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Board Members approved the Authority's proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Capital and Operating Budget, solidifying funding for a strong, productive and busy year ahead at TPA, as well as Peter...

Tampa International Airport is once again among North America's top ranked airports. USA TODAY announced TPA as a finalist in its annual 10Best Readers Choice Awards program.  A panel of industry experts and editors at the publication chose TPA as a ...

Spirit Airlines is adding new nonstop service from Tampa International Airport to four cities this fall and resuming routes to seven other seasonal destinations.On October 5, the ultra-low-cost carrier will begin daily nonstop service to Charlotte, w...

Tampa International Airport’s service to and from Frankfurt is slated to expand to daily in Summer 2024 as part of Eurowings Discover’s announcement today that it is updating its brand identity, now known as Discover Airlines.The German leisure airli...

Just days after celebrating her first birthday, Tampa International Airport’s 21-foot-tall, giant pink flamingo – formally titled “HOME” by artist Matthew Mazzotta and affectionately nicknamed Phoebe – has officially been named a winner in the presti...

With Hurricane Idalia moving away from the Tampa Bay region, Tampa International Airport reopened to arriving flights at 4 p.m. Wednesday, and resumed full operations at 3 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31.Airport operations and maintenance staff inspected the ...

UPDATE: This situation has concluded. Go to news.tampaairport.com for the latest information about TPA.How does the airport determine when to close?The Airport’s primary mission is to ensure the safe movement of people and aircraft in and out of our ...

UPDATE: This situation has concluded. Go to news.tampaairport.com for the latest information about TPA.Tampa International Airport will suspend all commercial operations beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Idalia, with the Airport rema...

Tampa International Airport has another new option for travelers to and from Canada with the addition of Porter Airlines, which announced today that it is beginning nonstop service to Toronto ahead of the holidays.The low-cost airline is launching je...

In the bustling heart of the city that never sleeps, two New York Police Department officers found something unexpected: each other. Angeliesse and Mike Nesterwitz – she originally from New York City and he from a small town in New Jersey – both join...

Heading into the busy holiday travel season, Tampa International Airport and its tenant partners will host a new Airport-wide Hiring Day event on Sept. 14.Southwest Airlines, the Transportation Security Administration and FedEx Express are among the ...

Recently, Tampa International Airport's social media team asked its Facebook community members to spill the beans on some of their top TPA travel tricks. Hundreds of responses quickly piled up, with several common favorites emerging. Here are five ti...

Americans planning a trip to Europe should be aware of a change set to take effect next year that will require them to register for authorization before making the trip.Scheduled to launch in early 2024, the European Travel Information and Authorizat...

A passenger at TPA was arrested Friday night following a security incident at Airside F involving a firearm discovered in his carry-on items. Per security protocols, all screening and movement of passengers were suspended just before 8 p.m., the time...

Tampa International Airport's beloved flamingo statue, nicknamed “Phoebe,” is in a lead spot for an international art award, and TPA needs the community's help to keep her there.Matthew Mazzotta's HOME, which was installed in 2022, is among 100 publi...

When visitors first touch down at Tampa International Airport, the first people they might encounter are members of the Airport’s Volunteer Ambassador Program. Created in 2012, the program enables volunteers from the community to interact with TPA’s ...

Tampa International Airport has a new airline partner with Canadian carrier Lynx Air, who today announced two nonstop routes to Toronto and Montreal starting this fall.The ultra-low-cost airline will begin serving Toronto Pearson International Airpor...

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority won a major legal victory this past Friday in its four-year legal battle with the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser over a Florida ad valorem tax exemption.The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in favo...

As part of an accreditation process, a team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will be examining all aspects of the Tampa International Airport Police Department's policies and procedures, management, ope...

Templa Terrace resident Sean Baker considers himself an average Joe, but there’s nothing average about his story. As a retired Marine Corps helicopter pilot who was previously stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, Baker has traveled the world and flow...

TPA will be getting busier this fall with Breeze Airways announcing they will begin new service to three nonstop destinations starting the first week in October.  Beginning Oct. 4, Breeze will start service from TPA to Charleston, WV; on Oct. 5 the a...

The Florida Department of Transportation is planning an overnight road closure across the Howard Frankland Bridge this week that may affect travelers heading to Tampa International Airport from Pinellas County.FDOT is closing the northbound lanes ove...

As it heats up outside, Tampa International Airport continues to work through what officials have predicted will be its busiest summer yet. While exact day-by-day projections are hard to pinpoint over the summer months, airlines have added extra rout...

FRIDAY UPDATE: A critical overnight TECO repair to damaged electrical equipment at Airside F was successful, and full power was restored at 1 a.m. Friday morning. TPA expects normal operations to resume throughout the Airport. ***  A scheduled outage...

With plans for designing and constructing the future Airside D (pictured) now underway at America’s Favorite Airport, the public will have an opportunity to see how TPA proposes to accommodate passenger growth to meet the region’s needs for the next ...

In a coordinated effort, Tampa International Airport staff and Police officers worked with local and state agencies to safely capture and remove a Florida black bear from the TPA campus Wednesday morning.A TSA employee spotted a Florida black bear wa...

This year’s Voice of TPA winner, Sean Baker, is no stranger to the world of aviation. Baker is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and helicopter pilot who joined in the early 1990s. He was based out of Marine Corps Air Stations in Southern California, aboar...