Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport
Highfill Files Suit to Stop XNA’s Detachment
The city claims in its lawsuit that losing XNA’s tax revenue threatens the city’s “solvency,” and ability to pay its bills “would be measured in days not weeks.” read more >
AFCU Breaks Ground on New Rogers Location
The full-service branch will be its second location in the city. read more >
More Direct Flights Back On Board at XNA
There’s nothing like a pandemic to throw a monkey wrench into an airport’s long-range planning. read more >
Empty Arkansas Airports ‘Eerie’
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused air travel to plunge, and Arkansas’ two major airports have not been immune. XNA, in Highfill, has seen a passenger reduction of about 96%, and Little Rock’s Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport has been hit with a 95% decrease. read more >
by Marty Cook -
XNA Survives Lights Out After October Tornado
When a tornado rumbled through Benton County in the early hours of Oct. 21 and knocked out electricity to the airport, things could have gone bad pretty quickly. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Wants New Website
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport CEO Aaron Burkes said RFPs — request for proposals — were recently sent out for a new website that will be paired with a new, more aggressive marketing strategy read more >
Fare Awareness Pushed in Effort to Promote XNA
The Northwest Arkansas Council’s new FareFlightNWA program makes the argument to travelers that flying out of Northwest Arkansas Airport might not be as terrible financially as it would seem. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Uber Suit Offers Peek Into Gig Economy
Attorney Chris Burks knows the gig economy can be a boon for independent contractors. But the flip side is that employers can have too much of an upper hand. read more >
by Marty Cook -
XNA’s Aaron Burkes Happy With Business Travel Bringing More Leisure
Aaron Burkes, the CEO of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, says the addition of Frontier Airlines is a huge development for the region. read more >
NWA Regional Airport Authority CEO Joins Fed’s Council
Aaron Burkes of Bentonville has been named to the Transportation Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. read more >
New XNA CEO Aaron Burkes to Hit Runway Running
Aaron Burkes was named Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport’s new CEO and executive director in late September and will start work on Nov. 1. read more >
by Marty Cook -
In Personal Use of Company Jets, Tyson Soars
Arkansas Business reviewed proxy documents from 17 publicly traded companies based in Arkansas to report on those that offer executives the perk of using the company jet for personal trips. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Clinton National Airport Lands Jobs as Envoy Air Ramps Up
The prospects are looking brighter for a service and completion center for corporate jets that went dark five years ago at the Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport. read more >
by George Waldon -
Sarah Worley Added to Northwest Health Medical Team (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Sarah Worley, an internal medicine physician, has joined Northwest Health, practicing at Northwest Health Medical Plaza-East Side in Springdale. read more >
Business Icons: Alice Walton Transforms Landscape, Reputation of Northwest Arkansas
Like her father, Alice Walton has a vision for Arkansas and faith in Arkansans. She is an icon because she has made her vision a reality that is shaping Arkansas just as Wal-Mart shaped the state and, later, the world. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Food-Ordering Grab App Launches at NWA Airport
Grab, a mobile app that saves passengers time by allowing them to pre-order meals for pick-up from airport restaurants, launched last week at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Bentonville. read more >
Business Travel Fuels Uber Growth in Arkansas
Business travelers needing a ride in Arkansas are increasingly using their thumbs — not to hitchhike, but to tap the Uber app on their smartphones. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Core Brewing Still Growing; Distillery Next
Jesse Core, founder of craft brewer Core Brewing & Distilling Co. of Springdale, is busier than ever these days, but he took time earlier this month to fill Arkansas Business in on his rapidly expanding enterprise, founded only six years ago. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Arkansas Business Power List 2016: Transportation
A transportation resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >
NWA Airport Announces Nonstop Service to San Francisco
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport announced it would have nonstop jet service from northwest Arkansas to San Francisco. read more >
by Marty Cook -
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