Airport to receive $81M as part of COVID-19 relief package

Tampa International Airport, facing a 97% drop in business, gets help from the federal CARES Act.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:45 a.m. April 22, 2020
Tampa International will receive $81 million as part of an airline industry bailout made possible by the federal CARES Act. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Jackdude101.
Tampa International will receive $81 million as part of an airline industry bailout made possible by the federal CARES Act. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Jackdude101.
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TAMPA — Tampa International Airport is set to receive $81 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which authorized the Department of Transportation to disburse $10 billion in funding to U.S. airports. 

 

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