Corey Airport Services (CAS) today announced the signing of a 10-year contract with the Charlotte County Airport Authority (CCAA), owner and operator of the Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) in Punta Gorda, FL to offer its customized advertising displays in the airport.
The agreement allows Corey Airport Services to develop and achieve a brand new, state-of-the-art advertising program, including both digital and static displays to revamp the advertising program at Punta Gorda Airport and to more effectively and dynamically deliver advertising messages to commercial airline travelers passing through the Southwest Florida area.
“We are excited to work with the Charlotte County Airport Authority to advocate the Punta Gorda Airport and to provide the opportunity for local, regional and national businesses to promote themselves to 870,000-plus passengers per year to the region,” said Brig Newman, Executive Vice President of Corey Airport Services.
Corey Airport Services, a subsidiary of the Atlanta-based U.S. Enterprises, began in 2002 and develops and provides a unique set of resources to match the strategic marketing needs of both airports and airport advertisers while offering dedicated and specialized market-focused advertising in airports across the United States.
Corey Airport Services expects to overhaul and revitalize the advertising concession at Punta Gorda Airport through the installation of new technology, including multiple digital displays and colorful Fabric Tension Displays throughout the airport.
Punta Gorda Airport, originally founded in 1941 as an airfield for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, rests less than 30 miles north of Fort Meyers and less than 100 miles south of St. Petersburg.
Since 2010 Punta Gorda Airport has grown significantly in the number of passengers per year with a 2015 projection of over 870,000 passengers travelling through the airport. The airport is in the midst of an $8.2 million terminal renovation, opening the new terminal last month, and currently renovating the existing terminal with completion scheduled for April 2016. Allegiant Air, the primary carrier at Punta Gorda Airport, schedules jet nonstop flights to over 29 cities, including:
• Cincinnati, OH
• Greenville/Spartanburg, SC
• Indianapolis, IN
• Kansas City, MO