By Tom Smith As the U.S. economy is finally starting to look better, the actions surrounding the “fiscal cliff” could indeed set back the recovery. If we can get away from the “contrived” fiscal cliff, which is a politically-created crisis, “then I would be pretty optimistic at this point,” said Martin Regalia, chief economist for [...]
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Chamber Economist Sees a Better Economy if ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Avoided
Posted by Tom Smith on December 7, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/12/07/chamber-economist-sees-a-better-economy-if-fiscal-cliff-avoided/
Largest Demand for Aviation Fuels to Come from Asia
Speaker: George E. Bezaire, bio Director, corporate planning Imperial Oil By Tom Smith In an energy outlook report that stretches out to 2040, the demand for aviation fuel will, of course, continue to increase. But the bulk of the demand will be from outside North America and Europe, according to George E. Bezaire, [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on September 8, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/09/08/largest-demand-for-aviation-fuels-to-come-from-asia/
Reporting from Nashville: Delivering Solutions that Matter
By Liying Gu Elise Jordan, senior vice president, strategic financial planning and analysis & business systems of FedEx Express, opened the annual ACI-NA Economics & Finance and Human Capital Conference this week in Nashville discussing the economic outlook, air cargo market outlook, FedEx’s strategic imperatives, the evolving role of finance, and industry challenges. FedEx economists [...]
Posted by webmaster on May 9, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/05/09/reporting-from-nashville-delivering-solutions-that-matter/
Mergers And Consolidation Topic of Interest at ICAO Meeting
By Debby McElroy Last week, the International Civil Aviation Organization convened an air transportation symposium, “Strategies and Tools for Sustainable Air Transport” in Montréal. Speakers at the second session of the symposium, “Industry Trends, Mergers, Alliances and Consolidation” were Ian Wadsworth, chief commercial officer, Houston Airports System, Jan Brueckner, professor of economics, University of California; [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on April 23, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/04/23/mergers-and-consolidation-topic-of-interest-at-icao-meeting/
Airports Helping Airports Pays Off
By Tom Smith As the first anniversary of the Feb. 22 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan approach, the funds that were raised in a joint “Airports helping Airports” effort have been fully distributed. ACI-NA, ACI World, ACI Asia-Pacific and American Association of Airport Executives [...]
Posted by webmaster on February 1, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/02/01/airports-helping-airports-pays-off/