Joe Petrie

Skip to main content Airport concessions are no longer just about filling terminal space. They are becoming a key part of revenue strategy, passenger experience and terminal planning. Airport concessions are evolving from a passenger amenity into a strategic business asset. As airports invest billions in terminal modernization, concessions are playing a larger role in revenue generation, passenger satisfaction and even terminal design.

Autonomous mowers operate within geofenced zones on the airfield, allowing maintenance teams to maintain turf while crews are deployed to higher-priority runway and infrastructure work. At many airports, mowing is one of the most time-consuming and least strategic uses of skilled maintenance labor. It is also unavoidable. Large airfields can require tens of thousands of acres of turf to be cut annually, often with aging equipment and limited staff.

Joe Petrie is the Editorial Director for the Endeavor Aviation Group. Joe has spent the past 20 years writing about the most cutting-edge topics related to transportation and policy in a variety of sectors with an emphasis on transportation issues for the past 15 years.