安大略国际机场获惠誉信用评级上调至A+，标普维持A级展望稳定
安大略国际机场管理局（Ontario International Airport Authority，OIAA）10月8日宣布，国际信用评级机构惠誉（Fitch Ratings）将其机场收益债券评级从A-上调至A+，标普全球（S&P Global Ratings）则维持其A级评级，两家机构均将评级展望定为“稳定”。这是对机场持续财务实力、稳健管理与长期增长轨迹的认可。
惠誉此次上调此前早有预兆。该机构此前已将安大略国际机场列入潜在上调观察名单，理由包括强劲的旅客增长、与航空公司签署的使用协议不断加强，以及财务状况持续改善。惠誉在最新行动中指出，机场在这几个方面都取得了进一步进展。标普则列举了机场旅客量增长、服务航线增加，以及“在财务与资本规划上采取保守稳健策略的有效管理”，作为其给予正面展望的依据。
这一连串评级利好，发生在机场回归本地所有十周年之际。2016年，安大略国际机场从洛杉矶世界机场集团（LAWA）手中重回本地运营，由安大略市与圣贝纳迪诺县组成的联合权力机构（Joint Powers Agreement）拥有并运营。十年间，机场年旅客量从约430万人次增长至超过700万人次，成为全美增长最快的中型枢纽机场之一，也是南加州领先的经济引擎。过去十年，机场拓展了航线网络，吸引了新的国内与国际航司服务，强化了与航空公司的合作关系，并保持了在同类机场中极具竞争力的成本结构，债务偿付覆盖率强劲。
机场首席执行官阿蒂夫·埃尔卡迪（Atif Elkadi）表示：“安大略国际机场过去十年证明了，当一座机场敢于打破常规、纪律严明地执行，拒绝接受外界设定的上限时，能实现什么。”他还表示：“我们不是为今天的安大略机场而建，而是为这个地区未来的发展而建……我们最好的岁月还在前头。”
目前机场正在推进“ONT BOLD”长期发展愿景，为未来旅客需求准备所需基础设施，同时提升旅客体验，巩固其作为内陆帝国首要航空门户的地位。独立分析显示，安大略国际机场每年为内陆帝国带来近50亿美元的经济产出，支撑数以万计的工作岗位。
值得华人旅客注意的是，安大略国际机场目前年服务旅客超过700万人次，拥有直飞美国、墨西哥、中美洲与台湾的24个主要机场的直飞航线，其中包括中华航空执飞的台北航线，是南加州华人往返亚洲的重要门户之一。该机场在J.D. Power评选中位列全美中型机场第二受欢迎。更多信息可查阅官网flyOntario.com。
（据安大略国际机场管理局10月8日公告，GSM摘编）
Ontario International Airport Earns Fitch Upgrade to A+ as S&P Affirms A Rating, Both Outlooks Stable
The Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) announced on October 8 that Fitch Ratings has upgraded its airport revenue bonds from A- to A+, while S&P Global Ratings affirmed its A rating on OIAA's revenue bonds. Both agencies assigned stable outlooks, recognizing the airport's continued financial strength, disciplined management, and long-term growth trajectory.
The upgrade had been anticipated: Fitch had previously identified the airport for a potential upgrade, citing robust passenger growth, strengthened airline use agreements, and an improving financial profile. Its latest action reflects continued progress on each front. S&P cited ONT's growth and increased service routes along with effective management that is "conservatively approaching financial and capital planning."
The ratings come as the airport approaches the 10th anniversary of its return to local ownership. In 2016, Ontario International returned to local control from Los Angeles World Airports and is now owned and operated by a Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Ontario and San Bernardino County. Over the decade, annual passenger traffic has grown from approximately 4.3 million travelers to more than 7 million, making ONT one of the nation's fastest-growing medium-hub airports and a leading economic engine for Southern California. The airport has expanded its route network, attracted new domestic and international air service, strengthened airline partnerships, and maintained one of the most competitive cost structures among comparable U.S. airports, paired with strong debt service coverage.
"Ontario International has spent the last decade proving what is possible when an airport has the courage to think differently, the discipline to execute and a team that refuses to accept limits others place on us," said Atif Elkadi, chief executive officer of the Ontario International Airport Authority. "We are not building ONT for where we are today. We are building it for where this region is going... our best years are still ahead of us."
The airport continues to advance "ONT BOLD," its long-term vision to prepare infrastructure for future passenger demand while enhancing the customer experience and strengthening its role as the Inland Empire's premier aviation gateway. Independent analysis found the airport generates nearly $5 billion in annual economic output throughout the Inland Empire and supports tens of thousands of jobs.
For Chinese-American travelers, ONT serves more than 7 million passengers per year with nonstop service to two dozen major airports in the U.S., Mexico, Central America and Taiwan, including China Airlines service to Taipei, making it an important gateway to Asia for Southern California's Chinese community. It is ranked the second most popular mid-sized airport by J.D. Power. More information is available at flyOntario.com.
(Source: OIAA announcement of October 8; compiled by GSM)
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