Robert Kennedy

Bryant L. Francis will soon take the reins as the director of port control just as the city prepares for a 20-year overhaul of Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport with a $2 billion price tag.

Robert Kennedy will resign from his job as director of port control, though no official last day has been set yet.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is expecting 280,000 air travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday season that began last Friday and runs through Monday, Nov. 29.

Cleveland Hopkins Airport is looking to the future, with officials about to ink the deal with a consulting company and begin work next month to plan a path for the airport 25 years into the future. Director Robert Kennedy told Cleveland City Council this week that he had been asked five years ago, he would not have forecast today's growth in passengers at Hopkins.

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