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Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury will hold drive-through job fairs on Saturday, April 17 and Saturday, April 24 as it seeks to fill 1,500 jobs before the park opens at the beginning of May. (Times Union archive)SKIP DICKSTEIN
Six Flags Great Escape theme park is holding its first-ever contact-free drive-through job fair as it races to fill 1,500 jobs before its May 1 opening.
With travel ticking up, Albany International Airport is in a similar race. It will hold its first-ever airport-wide job fair, with everyone from the Transportation Security Administration to the operators of Wolfgang Puck looking to hire.
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With air travel rebounding as millions of Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19, Albany International Airport is rebranding.
Albany County Airport Authority CEO Phil Calderone says the Going Places theme coincides with the creation of the new Airport Master Plan, the first one in 28 years, which aims to establish a working document to be used as a blueprint to guide the Airport Authority through expansion plans. We are looking forward to new growth and new development here at the airport, Calderone said. And we thought it would be appropriate to update a logo that s, you know, the old airport logo is probably also over 25-years-old. We wanted to create a new fresh image for the airport that would mirror what we re doing with our master plan. And our attempt to make Albany Airport known as a catalyst for economic development and growth in the area.
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How Albany s airport will power the region s economic future
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Phil Calderone has big plans for the Albany International Airport, from attracting new air service to introducing technologies that could be adopted by airports worldwide to make travel safer and more secure.Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
COLONIE Phil Calderone has big plans for the Albany International Airport, from attracting new air service to introducing technologies that could be adopted by airports worldwide to make travel safer and more secure.
But first, he must fix the checkpoint.
Calderone turned to researchers at General Electric s research center in nearby Niskayuna, which has been working on solutions to ease the crowding at the Transportation Security Administration s checkpoint to shorten lines and give passengers more space to social distance during the pandemic. In coming weeks, new technologies will be introduced to