Airports Offer Scholarship Opportunity for Students Pursuing Aviation Careers

Contact:
Eileen Denne, (202) 293-4537 or edenne@aci-na.org

WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 22, 2006) - Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), the leading trade association of air carrier airports across North America, is accepting applications for its 2006 Commissioners Committee Scholarship by December 15, 2006. The program recognizes students with high academic achievement who are working toward a career in airport management or airport operations.

Up to three annual scholarships in amounts up to $5,000 per recipient are awarded annually by the Association's committee of airport commissioners from airports in the United States and Canada. Since its conception in 1993, the ACI-NA Commissioners Committee has awarded over 30 scholarships totaling more than $80,000. Students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and who meet a number of academic criteria are eligible to apply.

"To effectively run today's modern aviation facilities an airport manager or airport operator must have high levels of management, operational and accounting skills coupled with some aviation experience," said Dr. Sylvia Stewart, ACI-NA 2006 Commissioners Committee chair. "The ACI-NA Commissioners Committee Scholarship is designed to encourage and promote excellence in the educational areas necessary for effective airport management or operation." 

Students interested in applying for the scholarship may visit the ACI-NA Web site at http://www.aci-na.aero/scholarship for complete details and to download an application.

About the ACI-NA Commissioners Committee:
The ACI-NA Commissioners Committee is made up of members of the Boards, Commissions and Trustees of ACI-NA member airports. These officials set policy for and oversee the management of their airport organizations. The main mission of the Commissioners' Committee is to promote the discussion and formation of policy positions in the support of aviation, to provide training and educational opportunities for its members, and to assist in the adoption of legislative initiatives pertaining to aviation security, airport capacity, enhancing airport funding and/or such other legislative initiatives that support and enhance the operation of airport facilities in North America.

About ACI-NA:
The mission of Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) is to advocate policies and provide services that strengthen the ability of air carrier airports to serve their passengers, customers and communities. ACI-NA represents local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. ACI-NA member airports enplane more than 95 percent of the domestic and virtually all the international airline passenger and cargo traffic in North America. Nearly 400 aviation-related businesses are also members of the association, which is the largest of the five worldwide regions of Airports Council International.