{"id":312097,"date":"2026-10-22T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312097\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:40:08","slug":"mykulyn-unanimously-appointed-executive-director-at-wb-scranton-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312097\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykulyn unanimously appointed executive director at WB\/Scranton International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PITTSTON TWP. \u2014 After circling for several months, the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton International Airport finally landed its new executive director Thursday.<\/p>\n

And as acting Chair of the Bi-County Airport Board Chris Belles accurately put it, \u201cOur treasure was here all along.\u201d<\/p>\n

By a unanimous vote of the six-member board, interim Executive Director Steve Mykulyn was named permanent director of the airport, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

Mykulyn\u2019s salary will be $150,000 per year for the three-year term of the contract, which also contains two one-year extension options.<\/p>\n

Mykulyn, 59, of Plains Township, also previously served as the airport\u2019s director of engineering.<\/p>\n

He was appointed interim executive director in March, filling the position left vacant when Carl Beardsley Jr., resigned.<\/p>\n

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