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GIAA: Incentive discounts helped add flights but program will be narrowed in 2026
Summary
Guam International Airport Authority told the Legislature the airport—s discounts-based airline incentive program delivered roughly $941,000 in discounts for fiscal 2025 and helped add flights and seat capacity, but management plans to narrow incentives starting Jan. 1, 2026 to target new markets and new carriers as metrics recover.
The Guam International Airport Authority reported that a discounts-based airline incentive program produced about $941,060 in billed incentives for fiscal year 2025, covering 623 incentivized flights and about 131,000 seats, airport deputy executive manager Ricky Hernandez told the legislative oversight committee. Management said average incentive values were roughly $1,500 per incentivized flight, $7.18 per seat and $12.22 per enplanement.
The incentive program was implemented after the Federal Aviation Administration amended guidance in December 2023 to allow certain air-carrier incentive programs. Hernandez said GIAA—s board approved a policy in March 2024 to provide discounts (the airport cannot pay airlines…
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