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Airport Press Vol. 31 No. 2 Serving New York Airports April 2009 JFK EWR LGA METRO EDITION SWF JFK CHAMBER TO CONTINUE SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM The JFK Chamber of Commerce started date about their quest for a higher education last year to give degree. It does not have to be in the pursuit an “unrestricted” of an aviation degree or career. scholarship to two Last year, the Chamber awarded two stu- employees of JFK dents $500 each. This year they are looking Airport or its’ adja- to increase the dollar amount for each schol- cent industry part- arship. This will be based on the success at ners. their monthly luncheons. The method of This month Ed Bastion of Delta/North- earning the schol- west airline will speak at the Chamber Lun- arship remains the cheon on April 28th. Check out the Cham- same; it is to write ber web site www.jfk-airport.org for more an essay, written by the scholarship candi- details. DOLORES HOFMAN OF QUEENS DEVELOPMENT Back row: Wesley Mills, Manager, Boston Culinary Group; Warren Kroeppel, General Manager, OFFICE HONORED LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority of NY & NJ; Manuel Mora, Assistant Manager, Boston Culinary Group; Paul McGinn, President, Marketplace Development; Ousmane Ba, Manager, Au Bon Excuse us at Airport Press if we share in the pride about Pain; Syed Hussain, Manager, Airport Wireless; Front Row: Lillian Tan, VP/General Manager/ the honoring of Dolores Hofman of the Queens Develop- MarketPlace Development; Lacee Klemm, Manager, The Body Shop; Belkys Polanco, Assistant ment Offi ce as Top Woman in Business. She is not only a Manager, Au Bon Pain; Margherite LaMorte, Manager, Marketing & Customer Service, friend but a neighbor in Building 141. MarketPlace Development, Eddie Morillo, Supervisor, Airport Wireless; Front, kneeling: Allison Dolores is being recognized at the Terrace on the Park Saragossi, District Manager, The Body Shop Restaurant on April 2nd at their Networking Awards Din- FOOD AND SHOPS AT LAGUARDIA ner. ANNOUNCE NEW QUEST WINNERS NEXTGEN A MUST SAY LAWMAKERS The Food & Shops at LaGuardia Airport the Central Terminal, on February 24 at La- announced the winners of their second an- Guardia’s Central Terminal Building. As re- Modernizing the outdated U.S. air traf- cutting fuel consumption and emissions. nual ‘Quest for the Best’ employee recogni- cipient of the fi rst place ‘Quest for the Best’ fi c control system should be a top priority The next-generation system will replace tion and incentive program. Winners of the award, The Body Shop received a $1,000.00 for industry regulators and members, law- radar-based air traffi c control systems with 2008 program were: The Body Shop, First grand prize and a 2008 ‘Quest for the Best’ makers said at a hearing Wednesday on the satellite-based technology, allowing planes Place; Airport Wireless, Second Place; and trophy. Federal Aviation Administration’s long- to fl y more closely together and use more Sam Adams, Third Place. Au Bon Pain was Speakers at the brunch included Warren running modernization project known as direct routes. The concept is similar to the presented with the Most Improved award; a Kroeppel, general manager of LaGuardia “NextGen.” GPS technology used in some automobiles, new category announced this year. Airport; Paul McGinn, president of Mar- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman relying on transponder-equipped aircraft to The winners were announced at a special ketPlace Development and Lillian Tan, vice John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., expressed communicate the aircraft’s position to con- awards brunch held by MarketPlace Devel- president and general manager of Market- frustration with the lack of progress on Nex- trollers in real time, and to give weather and opment, the retail development company Place Development. tGen, which some estimate could cost $20 other information to pilots. that manages the food and shops program in billion before wrapping up in 2025. “I’m just losing patience,” said Rock- See NEXTGEN page 3 efeller. “I’m sick of it.” JFK AIR CARGO EXPOSITION A BIG Industry executives who testifi ed at the inside hearing urged Congress to accelerate the SUCCESS pace of the project, saying the nation’s air Who said we are in a recession? Not the traffi c control system is outdated and inef- AAirportirport PPressress JFK Cargo community. fi cient, producing delays that frustrate trav- Airport News . 3 elers and impose hefty costs on airlines and The JFK Air Cargo Association celebrat- Aviation News . 11 ed its 10th Annual Air Cargo Exposition held the environment. at the Ramada Hotel at JFK. The two high- Waiting until 2025 to wrap up the transi- Airline News . 7 lights of the event was the large number of tion to NextGen “is simply unacceptable,” Cargo News. 4 said T.K. Kallenbach, vice president of mar- tables reserved for the airport community to Hijinx . 14 sell their wares; and, a lively discussion pan- keting at Honeywell Aerospace, a unit of el which spoke to a wide range of important Honeywell International (HON). “Improve- Names in the News. 14 matters that may shape the future direction ments are needed today.” Security News . 12 of Air Cargo in New York and consequently Airline offi cials echoed that view. Unit- Classified . 17 around the World. ed Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp. (UAUA), Remo Hanselmannk, Head of Cargo for Aer loses up to $600 million a year because of Name That Plane . 16 Topics such as “Transportation and the Lingus, and William Mercado, President of Economy”, “Security” (TSA screening), the JFK Air Cargo Association and Cargo Sales air traffi c delays, and the cost to the nation Comic. 14 “Alliances” (to include Mergers and Acqui- & Reservations Manager North America for probably exceeds $41 billion annually, said Focus on the Customer . 19 sitions), and “How will the Freight Forward- Aer Lingus Cargo pictured at the JFK Air Cargo United Airlines Senior Vice President Joe ers adjust to the same?” were discussed at Association’s 10th Annual Expo held at the JFK Kolshak. Traveler News . 14 the session. Ramada Plaza Hotel, held late March, 2009. It is cost sustainable say advocates April 2009 • Vol. 31 No. 4 Over 240 members of the JFK Cargo the Air Cargo Community for demonstrating NextGen advocates say it should pay for Community attended the event. Kudos go to confi dence in their industry. itself quickly by reducing fl ight delays and aairportpress.usirportpress.us 2 • April 2009 • Airport Press Metro Edition V >iÊ V iÌ>ÊÀÊià 7}ÃÊiLiÀÊÃViÊ£nx When Michael Chock took a job with Delta Air Lines, he was surprised by how effortlessly his Wings membership followed him through a job change and cross-country move. “I’d been with Wings since day one at Northwest; switching institutions was never a consideration. When I first made the move, I worried that I wouldn’t have direct deposit. But it was set up on my very first day. It’s like I never missed a beat.” For 70 years, Wings Financial has been dedicated to creating value for the people of the air transportation industry through tailored financial services. See the difference membership can make in your life. New York JFK branch: United Airlines Cargo Bldg., 22A North Service Road www.wingsfinancial.com 1 800 881-6801 Wings Financial Federal Credit Union is federally insured by NCUA. REAL MEMBERS. REAL VALUE.® Airport Press Metro Edition • April 2009 • 3 Airport News NEXTGEN from page 1 Because of congestion and delays, La- trespass. Guardia’s takeoffs and landings are limited United’s Kolshak said airlines are willing by the U.S. Department of Transportation AIRPORT MURAL to invest in the necessary equipment, pro- and Federal Aviation Administration, which vided it can be used in the next three to fi ve are attempting to reduce the number even EXPANSION TO HONOR years. Honeywell’s Kallenbach suggested more. The airline industry so far has been VETERANS using readily available software, saying that able to block the government’s effort in A mural of Magic Valley life at Twin could speed up the switch. court. Falls’ airport is expanding again, this time The FAA’s approach has been slower, in Southwest has declined to reveal where to honor veterans of the wars in Iraq and Af- part because the project is so complex and in it plans to fl y from LaGuardia, and the 14 ghanistan. part because of safety concerns. slots will give it only seven departures a day. Kimberly artist Gary Stone has continued “This is the fi rst major overhaul of air But Montgomery said the airline would like to fl esh out his initial 42-foot mural since he traffi c since the nineteen-fi fties and sixties,” themed tasting fl ights of small pours, and by to eventually pick up additional takeoff and began it in 1995. This week, he started work said Henry Krakowski, chief operating of- the bottle for retail customers to take home landing slots. on an 18-foot extension that will eventually fi cer of the FAA’s Air Traffi c Organization. or have shipped. “Of course, things at LaGuardia are feature the names of Magic Valley soldiers He told the subcommittee that the switch The Heineken Lounge, operated by Dela- changing very rapidly. We’re in touch with killed or injured in the two wars. won’t be swift, and that “in order to keep the ware North Travel Hospitality Services, is the Port Authority [of New York and New Unlike the main section, where Stone system safe, we have to do it that way.” Heineken USA’s fi rst branded luxury airport Jersey, which operates the airport] and with charges people and businesses to appear, the bar offering quality Heineken products, pre- the FAA on that whole mix.
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