Airport staff presented proposed revisions to the airport’s air‑carrier incentive policy on Thursday to reflect recent FAA policy changes and to clarify what staff may do when a third party offers a revenue guarantee to an airline.

Don Dawn, airport staff, said the revised policy retains existing tools such as rent and fee waivers and adds language permitting staff to advise another entity that provides a revenue guarantee to an airline. “In the past FAA did not allow airport staff to participate in any type of revenue guarantee with another entity from where the money was coming from another entity but now it allows airport staff to act as an advisor to that entity into the airline,” he said.

Dawn said FAA policy permits airports to offer reductions or complete waivers of rents and fees for up to 24 months and that the draft policy clarifies the airport cannot itself provide a revenue guarantee with airport funds. “We cannot use airport funds, at all, period, end of statement to provide a revenue guarantee to an airline for new air service,” he told the board.

Dawn also explained FAA limits on targeted advertising for new service: any airport advertising must promote the airport and all of its service, not a single carrier’s service alone.

Because the staff draft was distributed late, a board member moved to table the policy until members had time to review. The board voted to table the item; staff said it will circulate the draft and return for discussion at the next meeting.

Motion to table: board moved to postpone consideration to allow members time to review the updated policy; the board voted in favor of tabling.