FlyPDX 'Coronavirus News & Updates' (captured May 12, 2020): all airlines serving PDX require passenger face coverings from May 11, 2020; all Port staff working at PDX must wear face coverings; airline lounges closed; PDX Conference Center suspended (Mar. 17); children's play areas closed (Mar. 18); TSA screening consolidated to the D/E checkpoint (Mar. 22); USO and CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended (to at least June 1); sit-down restaurants restricted to takeout under the Governor's order; 40-plus shops and restaurants closed temporarily; JetBlue suspended to June 30; Hawaiian suspended under Hawaii's quarantine order; WestJet and Air Canada suspended under border restrictions; Volaris not operating in May; airline rent deferrals and concession minimum-rent suspensions

The record

Jurisdiction

Oregon (Portland International Airport, PDX) · Oregon

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Port of Portland facility control; the Governor's orders (recited: 'The Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives order does allow for us to continue to operate PDX as critical infrastructure... This includes PDX concessions, which can continue to provide takeout')

Issued

2020-05-11 May 11, 2020

Effective

2020-05-11 (airline face-covering requirements); facility closures from Mar. 17-22, 2020; concessions takeout-only from Mar. 17, 2020 (EO 20-07) (read as 2020-05-11)

End

Concession dine-in restrictions eased with Multnomah County's Phase 1 (June 19, 2020); federal conveyance and hub mask order from Feb. 1, 2021 (past Sept. 30, 2021); border and Hawaii restrictions ran into 2021 (read as 2020-06-19)

In force

May 11, 2020 to June 19, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules

Addressees

• air passengers (airline face-covering rules)
• Port of Portland staff at PDX (face coverings)
• airport concessionaires (takeout only; closures)
• airlines (rent deferral)
• contractors (safety plans)

Functions reached

• TV travel (routes suspended under Hawaii's quarantine order and the Canadian border restrictions; lounges and conference center closed)
• CB customer access (more than 40 airport shops and restaurants closed; sit-down service barred)
• MK meetings (PDX Conference Center suspended)
• HR (employee face coverings)
• SC (airport contractors under safety-plan conditions)

Character

binding

Collection

State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

Beginning May 11, all airlines serving PDX will require their passengers to wear face coverings while traveling.... All PDX airline lounges are closed at this time.... The PDX Conference Center has temporarily suspended operations (effective March 17). The children's play areas are closed (as of March 18). The Customs and Border Protection Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center at PDX has suspended operations until at least June 1.... Gov. Kate Brown's announcement restricting food and beverage operations in Oregon impacts the sit-down restaurants at PDX. Airport counter-service restaurants, grab-and-go services and coffee stands are considered takeout. The Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives order does allow for us to continue to operate PDX as critical infrastructure for the region. This includes PDX concessions, which can continue to provide takeout.... All Port of Portland staff who have to perform their work at PDX must wear face coverings to protect those around them.... All contractors who are continuing construction at PDX have submitted safety plans and have been instructed to follow public health guidelines, including physical distancing requirements.

Enforcement

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