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Portland Jetport Wins Award

Portland Jetport Wins Award

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PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN)  Portland International Jetport has won a service award.

The Jeport says they were awarded the Airport Service Quality Best Airport Under 2 Million Passengers per year for North America in 2017 by the Airports Council International.

“We are incredibly pleased to win our second ASQ award, and want to thank every one of our exceptional employees for making this possible” said Paul Bradbury, Airport Director. “We are in a very competitive air service market, where the consumer has a wide range of choices. The best way to win over customers, is to provide a better experience, and our performance in the ASQ survey demonstrates that our customer experience is best-in-class for airports our size in North America” he continued.

The Portland International Jetport won this same category in 2015.

In 2017 the Portland International Jetport served an all-time record 1.86 million passengers.

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