AirportConsulting
Fall 2008
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Cover Story
Turbulent Times – Airport
Consultants and Suppliers Also Feel the Economic Pinch
By TJ Schulz, ACC
Staff
This has been an
unprecedented summer of bad news for the aviation industry. Record level
fuel prices, cut backs in air service at most airports, and an economy
that appears to be in a recession – all of this has created unique
challenges and immediate fallout…full
story
Special
Feature
Keeping the Service – Know
Your Market or Lose it!
By Mead & Hunt
Staff
A recent Energy Summit
held in Washington D.C. included an airline panel discussion on the
current state of the industry. One thing was clear: no air carrier has a
business plan in place that can operate profitably at today’s
crude oil prices. Discussions with planners from various airlines
underscore that point, and the unprecedented rise in jet fuel cost has
been a leading driver for the recent capacity cuts…full
story
Consultant
Perspective
Noise Land Reuse: What to Expect
from FAA’s New Guidance
By Barry Molar, Unison Consulting,
Inc.
Are your airport clients
ready to meet the fast approaching FAA noise land reuse plan deadline?
In February 2008, the FAA issued new guidance to manage land acquired by
airports under its Part 150 noise compatibility program. The guidance
was issued in Program Guidance Letter 08-2 (or PGL 08-02), and it
mandates that airports develop comprehensive reuse plans for land
acquired for noise compatibility. The plans must be submitted by October
2009…full
story
Executive
Update
Uncertainty within Our
Industry
By Michael J.
De Voy, P.E., R.W. Armstrong, ACC 2008 Board
of Governors Chair
If I were writing this update a year
ago, I would have said our biggest concerns were the lack of an FAA
reauthorization bill and the instability of the airlines. Today, these
concerns are still at the forefront of the uncertainty in our industry
and have been magnified…full
story
Table of
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ACC Executive Member Spotlight: Unison
Consulting
ACC Associate Member Spotlight:
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ACC News
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