Hopkins Airport Gets $4 Million Federal Grant to Offset Concession Revenue Lost During the Coronavirus Pandemic
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is getting a $4,193,133 U.S. Department of Transportation grant to help it offset rent and other revenue it lost from concessionaires during the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur announced Tuesday.
The grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The law provided approximately $8 billion to help airports prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including relief from rent and minimum annual guarantees for eligible airport concessions.
The newly announced money is on top of nearly $32.6 million that Hopkins received from the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year to provide economic relief for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens during the pandemic, Kaptur’s office said.
Nationwide, year-to-date, air traffic is down about 35% from 2019 levels, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Transportation, although some leisure-oriented destinations have seen traffic well above 2019 levels, as leisure travel has recovered more quickly than business travel.
Over the Thanksgiving holidays, officials at the airport expected passenger numbers would exceed traffic from two years ago, as air travel rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.
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