CommutAir Expands at Albany Airport

Mar. 16—COLONIE — CommutAir, which has its maintenance base at Albany International Airport, is expanding to the former airport authority administration building next to the main terminal.

The authority's board on Monday approved a three-year lease and will make up to $20,000 in improvements. CommutAir will pay $46,000 a year for the space, airport spokesman Doug Myers said.

The carrier operates a fleet of Embraer 145 regional jets as a United Express carrier. It flies from Albany to Newark and Washington Dulles, both hubs for United Airlines.

The airport authority board also approved a contract to install touchless elevator controls that sense when a person's finger is near the button. The move is one of a number of initiatives the airport has taken to keep passengers and staff safe during the Covid-19 pandemic,

On Tuesday, it will vaccinate up to 100 employees who haven't already received the Covid-19 vaccines. Employees already undergo weekly tests for Covid-19.

Also at its Monday morning board meeting, the authority extended the lease of AFCO AvPorts Management LLC to provide management services for one year.

"This is not the time to be changing management companies," Myers said. "They've been doing an outstanding job for us navigating Covid."

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