Come Fly With Me
Ontario International Airport Takes Home Top Honors at the AX Conference for Its Brewery X Collaboration
A craft beer born inside a terminal is now being poured across Southern California, and the airport industry has taken notice.
Come Fly With Me, the ONT-branded blonde ale co-created with Brewery X, started as a terminal exclusive and has since expanded into venues across Southern California, earning the airport a national award for community engagement.
Ontario International Airport has won the Best Community Engagement Initiative award at the Airport Experience (AX) Conference in Nashville, recognized for its Come Fly With Me craft beer collaboration with Brewery X. The award celebrates ONT's approach to building partnerships that connect the airport to the community it serves, while generating meaningful non-aeronautical revenue in the process.
Come Fly With Me started as an ONT-branded blonde ale, introduced at Brewery X's Terminal 2 location and developed specifically to reflect the character of the Inland Empire. It was popular from the start. What nobody expected was where it would go next. The beer has since expanded beyond the terminal into select retail and hospitality locations across Southern California, showing up in neighborhoods, restaurants, hotels, golf courses, and community gathering places throughout the region. It's also poured at exclusive ONT events, including the airport's annual 5K at the Runway.
The AX recognition coincides with the soft opening of a second Brewery X location in Terminal 4, across from Gate 408, deepening a partnership that began with a single tap handle and has grown into something with a life well outside the terminal walls.
What makes Come Fly With Me worth paying attention to isn't just the beer. It's the model. Most airports put local brands inside their terminals. ONT co-created a product with one, then took it into the community. Every pour connects the airport to the people it serves, not just when they're traveling, but where they live and work.
“What started as a collaboration with Brewery X has grown into a unique way for Ontario International Airport to connect with the community we serve. By bringing Come Fly With Me into locations across Southern California, we're meeting passengers where they live, work and gather while celebrating the local partnerships that make ONT special.”
Elisa J. Grey, Senior Vice President of Revenue Management, Ontario International Airport Authority
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