Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF, FAA LID: PHF) is an airport located in Newport News, Virginia, and serves the Hampton Roads metropolitan area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. The airport is owned and operated by the Peninsula Airport Commission, which is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
In February 2012, plans were announced to headquarter a new airline called PEOPLExpress at the airport. Michael Morisi, PEOPLExpress president, was quoted as saying that the airline expects to replace many of the routes that disappeared with AirTran's departure, with the new airline's operations to begin in 2013.
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