V 31.2 | May 2020

CLT Plots Course for Recovery
from COVID-19 Effects

The Aviation Department is building plans to ensure that Charlotte Douglas International Airport recovers from the effects of COVID-19 as quickly as possible and provides a safe and outstanding passenger experience for customers when they are ready to fly again. 

The Airport will receive $135 million in federal funds from the CARES Act to help offset revenue declines caused by drastic reductions in air travel.  

With CLT’s enplanements at just 5 percent of our 2019 level, a months-long recovery is anticipated. Aviation Director Brent Cagle said the emergency funds will be used for operating and maintenance costs and to make loan payments as they come due. 

The Aviation Department’s priorities in responding to COVID-19 are to:

• sustain airport operations by supporting mission critical operations
• protect jobs of Aviation Department employees
• honor our commitment to investors, complying with obligations of the CLT bond order
• support CLT business partners with financial relief and flexibility.

An internal Experience Recovery Team is reviewing and recommending additional measures for ensuring cleanliness and safety of the Airport for employees and customers. Updates are posted on cltairport.com.

Destination District to Spur Development,
Create New Front Door to CLT 

For more than five years CLT has been pulling together property and plans to build a new front door to the Airport. Known as the Destination District, this commercial development will change the landscape at the Airport’s I-85 entrance way and give the area an economic boost. 

“It’s going to be a new heart of the Airport city as we continue to see growth at Charlotte Douglas,” said Stuart Hair, CLT’s economic and community affairs director. “We’re building a destination, a central business district or downtown of the airport city, with all of the things you expect in a downtown clustered together.”
 

Looking for Assistance
for your Family or Business?

We’ve pulled together information to help identify resources that may be available to families and businesses in our community as we face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage you to share our Community Resource Guide with family, friends and neighbors. We are updating the document routinely.

Looking for a Way to Help Others in Need?

The CharMeck Responds Coalition created Charmeckresponds.org for any faith community, nonprofit, business or individual to get involved in the unified COVID-19 relief efforts across the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. To date, more than 173 organizations have joined the coalition. 

The website includes information about opportunities to serve those in need, ways to donate to the cause, and lists resources available in the community. 

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