As airport and community leaders deal with the recession, and position themselves for recovery, air cargo is increasingly recognized as a potential centerpiece. Moving goods on a secure, timely basis is a key to becoming and remaining competitive in the global market—especially through creative partnerships of communities, freight forwarders, logistics partners, and airlines. This session [...]
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What’s Air Cargo Worth to your Airport and Community?
Posted by Victoria Houghton on October 13, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/10/13/what%e2%80%99s-air-cargo-worth-to-your-airport-and-community/
Turbulent Times Call for Savvy Strategic Planning
The airport industry has faced many ups and downs. Although the industry has dealt with a number of setbacks from multiple angles during the last 12 months, many experts are forecasting that the aviation industry will make significant progress in the future. This session took these ups and down under consideration and addressed the important [...]
Posted by Victoria Houghton on October 13, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/10/13/turbulent-times-call-for-savvy-strategic-planning/
The Millennials are Coming!
I just popped into the BIT pre-conference seminar, and listened to Roddy Boggus—from Gresham, Smith and Partners—discuss how the changing consumer is affecting terminal design. During the session Passenger Processing: An Architect’s Perspective, Boggus mentioned one particular group of airport patron that could change the landscape of the entire air travel process: “Millennials”. These Millennials [...]
Posted by Victoria Houghton on October 10, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/10/10/the-millennials-are-coming/
Updates on the DBE Program
Michael Freilich of the FAA Office of Civil Rights will provide a regulatory overview of pending matters before the FAA. Issues discussed include: compliance in the various FAA regions, national DBE/ACDBE training during 2009, technical assistance opportunities, pending rulemakings, regulatory policy with respect to airport car rental DBE programs, congressional hearings and legislation involving airport [...]
Posted by Victoria Houghton on October 10, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/10/10/updates-on-the-dbe-program/