Air Ser­vice Devel­op­ment Incen­tive Pro­gram (‘Pro­gram’)

Effec­tive: Novem­ber 28, 2025

1. Pur­pose and Overview

a. The pur­pose of the Air Ser­vice Devel­op­ment Incen­tive Pro­gram [ASIP] is to

encour­age new non­stop air ser­vice (both year-round and sea­son­al­ly) and

com­pe­ti­tion at North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) by

pro­vid­ing tem­po­rary finan­cial relief to an air­line begin­ning new nonstop

pas­sen­ger ser­vice to an air­port des­ti­na­tion not cur­rent­ly served at the time such

ser­vice is commenced.

b. All com­mer­cial air­lines, both new entrants and incum­bent car­ri­ers, will be

made aware of the Pro­gram and encour­aged to offer new air services.

c. Incen­tives shall be admin­is­tered so as to not increase the fees and charges

of any non­par­tic­i­pat­ing air carrier.

d. Incen­tives shall be offered on a rea­son­able non-dis­crim­i­na­to­ry basis to all

air­lines whether sig­na­to­ry or non-sig­na­to­ry to the air­port-air­line use and lease

agree­ment.

e. If two car­ri­ers announce plans to serve the same new air­port destination,

the incen­tives avail­able under this Pro­gram shall be payable to the first

car­ri­er that ini­ti­ates new service.

f. Any car­ri­er avail­ing itself of the Pro­gram will be required to execute

a Mem­o­ran­dum of Agree­ment in a form deter­mined by ECP.

g. All incen­tives are sub­ject to approval by the Pana­ma City-Bay Coun­ty Airport

and Indus­tri­al Dis­trict Board. The Pro­gram may be dis­con­tin­ued or mod­i­fied at

any time by the District.

2. Focus City Air­ports (Dai­ly-Year-Round)

a. Car­ri­er must pro­vide at least one round-trip flight per day, sev­en (7) days per

week to new focus city air­port des­ti­na­tion and must pro­vide such ser­vice year-

round. Des­ti­na­tion must not have been served with non-stop ser­vice by the

car­ri­er with­in the pre­vi­ous twelve (12) months.

b. land­ing fee — One hun­dred per­cent (100%) rebate for the first twenty-four

(24) months of new service.

c. Ter­mi­nal rent — One hun­dred per­cent (100%) rebate for the first twenty-four

(24) months of new service.

d. Focus cities des­ti­na­tions ini­tial­ly include the fol­low­ing but may be changed

from time-to-time by the Exec­u­tive Director:

i. New York

ii. Den­veri­ii. South Flori­da: Ft. Laud­erdale, Miami

iv. Any air­port in Cana­da with Cus­toms Bor­der Pro­tec­tion Pre-

clear­ance Authority

3. New Des­ti­na­tions Oth­er Than Focus City Air­ports (Six Week­ly or Greater –

Year-Round)

a. Car­ri­er must pro­vide at least one round-trip flight per day, five (5) days per

week to new air­port des­ti­na­tion and must pro­vide such ser­vice year-round.

Des­ti­na­tion must not have been served with non-stop ser­vice by the carrier

with­in the pre­vi­ous twelve (12) months.

b. Land­ing fee — Fifty per­cent (50%) reduc­tion for the first six (6) months of new

ser­vice.

c. Ter­mi­nal rent — Fifty per­cent (50%) reduc­tion for the first six (6) months of new

ser­vice.

4. Lim­it­ed Year-Round Service

a. Car­ri­er must pro­vide at least one round-trip flight per day, two (2) days per

week to new air­port des­ti­na­tion and must pro­vide such ser­vice year-round.

Des­ti­na­tion must not have been served with non-stop ser­vice by the carrier

with­in the pre­vi­ous twelve (12) months.

b. Land­ing fee — Fifty per­cent (50%) reduc­tion for the first three (3) months of new

ser­vice.

5. Sea­son­al Ser­vice (Six Week­ly or Greater)

a. Car­ri­er must pro­vide at least one round-trip flight per day, five (5) days per

week for a min­i­mum of twelve (12) con­sec­u­tive weeks to new airport

des­ti­na­tion. Des­ti­na­tion must not have been served with non-stop ser­vice by

the car­ri­er with­in the pre­vi­ous twen­ty four (24) months.

b. Land­ing fee — Fifty per­cent (50%) reduc­tion for the first three (3) months of new

ser­vice.

6. Lim­it­ed Sea­son­al Service

a. Car­ri­er must pro­vide at least one round trip flight per day, one (1) day per

week, for a min­i­mum of twelve (12) con­sec­u­tive weeks to new airport

des­ti­na­tion. Des­ti­na­tion must not have been served with non-stop ser­vice by

the car­ri­er with­in the pre­vi­ous twen­ty-four (24) months.

b. Land­ing fee — Twen­ty Five per­cent (25%) reduc­tion for the first three (3)

months of new service.

7. Con­di­tions Applic­a­ble to Land­ing Fee and Ter­mi­nal Rent Incentives

a. A rebate or reduc­tion for any land­ing fee shall only apply to the flights providing

the qual­i­fy­ing service.b. In the case of ter­mi­nal rent, the rebate or reduc­tion will be for a reasonable

amount of ter­mi­nal rent asso­ci­at­ed with pro­vid­ing the qual­i­fy­ing ser­vice (to be

deter­mined at the sole dis­cre­tion of the Air­port Director).

c. The Dis­trict will not issue checks for land­ing fee or ter­mi­nal rent incentives

asso­ci­at­ed with the Program.

d. The grant­i­ng of incen­tives is express­ly con­tin­gent upon the air carrier

main­tain­ing ser­vice lev­els on the incen­tivized route for an agreed-upon period

(based on the applic­a­ble incen­tive cat­e­go­ry described above) as detailed in

the Mem­o­ran­dum of Agree­ment. If an air car­ri­er does not ful­fill its full

com­mit­ment under the Pro­gram, such as by dis­con­tin­u­ing ser­vice ear­ly, the

Air Car­ri­er will be required to retroac­tive­ly pay back all rebates or reductions

in fees and rents that it received previously.

8. Com­mon Use Ter­mi­nal Equipment

a. Prospec­tive new entrants should also be aware, that while not explic­it­ly an

incen­tive, com­mon use pas­sen­ger pro­cess­ing equip­ment (CUPPS)is

avail­able at ECP in the fol­low­ing areas: tick­et counter gate area, and other

air­port sys­tems (FIDS and BIDS).

b. Although sav­ings will vary by air­line, it is antic­i­pat­ed that usage of this common

use pas­sen­ger pro­cess­ing equip­ment by new entrants will pro­vide a significant

sav­ings over air­line instal­la­tion and oper­a­tion of their own com­put­er system

hard­ware. Usage of the com­mon use ter­mi­nal equip­ment is strongly

encour­aged.

c. Cur­rent fees for the usage of this equip­ment are avail­able from the Airport.

9. Shared Mar­ket­ing Fund

The Dis­trict works in part­ner­ship with the local Tourist Devel­op­ment Councils,

Cham­bers of Com­merce and local busi­ness­es to devel­op mar­ket­ing sup­port for new

air ser­vice. The Dis­trict will facil­i­tate dis­cus­sions with the appro­pri­ate groups as

request­ed.