Wednesday, September 24

2008 ACI-NA Chairman Randy Walker

ACI-NA Honors Luncheon and 60th Anniversary Celebration

• At the 2008 Airports Council International- North America (ACI-NA) Chairman’s Honor’s and 60^th Anniversary Luncheon, held on Sept. 24 during the ACI World/North America Conference and Exhibition in Boston, more than 500 attendees applauded the winners of ACI-NA’s awards and recognized accomplishments of ACI-NA’s past 60 years. ACI-NA, formerly the Airport Operators Council, is the oldest international airport owners and operators organization in the world.
  

Membership Elects New Officers

• During its Annual General Membership Business meeting on Sept. 24, members of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) elected a new slate of officers and four new members to its Board of Directors.

World Airport Safety Trends

• Panelists from throughout the airport safety community agree. In the words of Kirk Shaffer of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), safety is “everybody’s priority” and that safety regulation takes place in a “complex environment.” Fortunately, the panelists all agree that much is being done to ensure that airport safety regulation across national jurisdictions is converging toward harmonization with ICAO in all areas, including planning and design, certification, enhancement of visual ground aids, and coping with the new, larger aircraft soon to go online.

   

World Airport Security Trends

• Just because Europe and North America generate 63 percent of the world’s commercial airline traffic, security procedures and processes need to be easily adapted to the airports in Africa, South America and Asia.

Women in Transportation

• Taking advantage of the many aviation professionals present at the joint ACI World/ North America Conference and Exhibition, the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS), the Boston Chapter of WTS and ACI-NA, invited attendees to join local members at a breakfast meeting. The event drew more than 90 attendees, including women active in other transportation sectors to meet their airport counterparts.  

Our Press Coverage

Conference Photo Album

• Did our photographers capture today? Check out today's photo album on Flickr.

Did You Know?

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

A 2.3 million gallon storage tank of molasses burst on Jan. 15, 1919, in the North End. A flood of molasses, with waves up to 15 feet, flowed through the streets. In the end 21 were killed and 150 were injured as the hot molasses crush, asphyxiated or cooked its victims to death. It took six months to remove the brown sticky stuff from the cobblestone streets.

--  Boston trivia, www.hometownUSA.com

A new era began here

The first successful operation of a jet engine took place in the General Electric River Works on April 18, 1942, in Lynn. The city is now the home of GE Aviation.

-- Chronology of Massachusetts Aviation

• Earlier  Massachusetts aviation trivia tidbits.

What to Do in Boston

• Sporting events, tours, museums and special events this week in Boston

JFK Library Reception

The closing event tonight will be at the seaside location of The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum overlooking Boston Harbor. Because we will be getting a police escort to this event, all buses will leave the Sheraton at 6 p.m. No transportation will be provided to those who miss the 6 p.m. departure.

• More on the closing party