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Solar Impulse at JFK Airport Photo by Peter Carbonaro FIRST SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT LANDS AT JFK Port Authority facility is host to pioneering aviation and environmental endeavor Solar Impulse completed its pioneering months. The aircraft averaged a speed of voyage as the fi rst solar-powered aircraft to 28.8 knots for the journey across the conti- fl y coast-to-coast with a late night landing nental United States, according to the Solar at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Impulse team; it averaged 15 knots for the Saturday, July 6, touching down on Runway fi fth and fi nal leg, a distance of about 267 22L. The craft started its voyage May 3 in nautical miles. San Francisco, with subsequent stops in Various dignitaries and well-wishers, in-

Photo by Peter Carbonaro Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis and Washington, cluding Port Authority Executive Director Yankee Manager Joe Girardi and Mariano Rivera NY Yankees at dedication of a Delta D.C. Pat Foye and JFK General Manager Jerry Aircraft in his name. Solar Impulse uses four electric engines Spampanato, welcomed the arrival of Solar powered by more than 11,000 solar cells Impulse co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and An- on the wing and horizontal stabilizer. Its dre Borschberg at an event at JFK commem- DELTA AIRLINES HONORS 3,511-mile Across America mission from orating the completion of the journey. The San Francisco, Calif., to New York, N.Y., clean-energy aircraft contains thousands of MARIANO RIVERA WITH took a total of 105 hours and 41 minutes fl y- COMMEMORATIVE BOEING 757 ing time over the course of more than two See SOLAR page 2 Mariano Rivera received another parting That’s right, the airline dedicated a 757 gift during his retirement tour, but this one plane to Mo, placing his number and signa- inside didn’t come from a Major League Baseball ture near the cockpit of the plane. team, it came from Delta Airlines. Airport Press JFK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Airport News...... 2 Classified...... 22 Aviation News...... 10 Comic...... 21 MARKS MILESTONES Airline News...... 16 Name That Plane...... 20 stones: the 50th anniversary of the naming Cargo News...... 6 Focus on the Customer...... 23 of John F. Kennedy International Airport to honor the memory of President John F. Security News...... 19 Feature...... 12-15 Kennedy assassinated in November, 1963, 50 years and 50 Million passengers and the achievement of 50 million passen- August 2013 • Vol. 35 No. 8 The JFK International Airport Chamber gers to travel through JFK International Air of Commerce will hold a commemorative airportpress.us luncheon to celebrate two remarkable mile- See CHAMBER page 2 2 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition Airport News

SOLAR From Page 1 CHAMBER From Page 1 David Neeleman, silicon solar cells and is equipped with state- port in 2013 and equally impressive the vast of-the-art batteries that store power, making number of air imports; 6th in the United Scheduled Guest Speaker it possible to fl y thousands of miles without States and 17th worldwide. at Chamber event. fossil fuel. A commemorative journal will be published “We applaud the pioneering spirit of So- to memorialize the occasion. lar Impulse’s copilots and their commitment The scheduled guest speaker at the lun- to sustainable air travel,” said Executive Di- cheon is David Neeleman, an aviation mav- rector Pat Foye. “JFK Airport has been the erick and industry pioneer, whose career site for many memorable moments in avia- encompasses building fi ve airlines, returns tion history and with this landing, we reaf- to JFK to speak about his experiences. As fi rm our commitment to making this airport, a founder of JetBlue, New York’s hometown and all of our airports, leaders in environ- carrier, David spent a decade growing an air- mental sustainability.” line right here at JFK. The Port Authority seeks to reduce the agency’s environmental footprint where JFK Airport – A short history: possible, and already has embarked on sus- In 1942, construction of the airport be- tainability initiatives at its airports and other gan on the Idlewild Golf Course. Initial facilities. Airport-wide efforts include use of plans called for only 1,000 acres to relieve green vehicle fl eets, installation of energy- the overcrowded LaGuardia Airport but by saving LED lighting and reduction of jet fuel completion, it had grown to fi ve times that port Chamber of Commerce, a member of David Neeleman Bio use at JFK by keeping planes longer at gates size. Originally named Idlewild Airport, the the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was char- David Neeleman is that rarest of entrepre- until departures are imminent. airport was rededicated John F. Kennedy In- tered in March 1978 and is the only airport neurs, a man who has created and launched The arrival of Solar Impulse at JFK marks ternational Airport on December 24, 1963 in in the nation to have its own Chamber of four successful, independent airlines, includ- the latest time that the airport has served as memory of the nation’s 35th president, who Commerce. ing the USA’s JetBlue and Canada’s WestJet. host to major green initiatives. Earlier this was assassinated one month earlier. The Chamber’s objective is to create an Brazil’s Azul, just fi ve years old, has already year, the Port Authority was the site of the In 2012, the airport handled 49,292,733 environment in which businesses work to- boarded tens of millions of customers. fi rst series of transatlantic fl ights, coming in passengers making it the 13th busiest airport gether to share common concerns and en- Born in Brazil while his father was Re- and out of JFK, powered in part by advanced in the world and the sixth busiest in the Unit- hance the growth, welfare and economic uter’s Sao Paulo Bureau Chief, David has aviation bio-fuels, made from used cooking ed States by passenger traffi c and 1.4 mil- development of the airport community and always had a deep love for the country. After oil. lion short tons of imported cargo. In 2013, the aviation industry it serves. Chamber his family moved to Utah while he was still For more on the agency’s green initia- 50 million passengers are expected to travel membership is varied, refl ecting the char- a child, David would return to Brazil many tives, visit www.panynj.gov/about/environ- through JFK International Airport. acter of business at the airport. Among its times throughout his life. mental-initiatives.html. For more informa- many activities, the Chamber sponsors sev- Azul serves more than 100 destinations tion on Solar Impulse, contact: Alexandra About the JFK International Airport eral scholarship programs for students re- with an operating fl eet of more than 130 Gindroz, Solar Impulse at (408) 609-0034 or Chamber of Commerce lated to airport business employees to foster aircraft comprising Brazilian-built Embraer via e-mail ? The John F. Kennedy International Air- continuing education. See Airport News page 4

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From Page 2 process that will culminate with a new master plan. It was last updated in 1987. “We want to make sure that the air- E-190 and E-195 jets, and ATR-72s. Just as JetBlue in the port remains both safe and effi cient, given all the new rules US before it, Azul is the fi rst airline in Latin America to offer and regulations that have come up” since then, said Patri- LiveTV infl ight TV programming via satellite. cia Chemka, Westchester County’s deputy commissioner of Prior to Azul, David founded JetBlue Airways in New public works and transportation. York and spent the last decade as Chief Executive Offi cer The meeting at the County Center in White Plains drew (1998 to 2007) and Chairman (2002 to 2008). An amazing residents, aviation business owners and small-aircraft pilots. success by any measure, JetBlue was an instant hit with trav- Different stations detailed the airport’s current operations, elers and was the fi rst airline to earn $100 million annually showed video of the property and explained the steps to re- within fi ve years, thus becoming a “major” airline fastest. vise the master plan. JetBlue has won countless awards and accolades including The Federal Aviation Administration requires airports Top Low Cost Airline for Customer Satisfaction by J.D. to update their master plans “regularly” to stay eligible for Power and Associates and Best Airline by Consumer Re- Pvt. Errol D.A. Milliard FAA grants, Chemka said. ports. It won Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers Choice Awards were sad, he wouldn’t want you to be sad, he’d always tell The FAA covers 90% of the cost to create a new master for Best U.S. Airline for seven consecutive years. a joke or something. You know, a little humor to make you plan. Westchester has hired outside engineering consultants laugh. “ to work with offi cials from various county departments. 1963-50 YEARS AND 50 MILLION PASSENGERS -2013 Pvt. Errol D.A. Milliard, 18, of Birmingham, Ala., died Many at the meeting noted the importance of keeping Event: JFK International Airport Chamber of Commerce July 4 in Farah province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained runway 11/29, which some fear could be shut down. Tall organizes a commemorative luncheon when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled trees in Greenwich, Conn., already have forced offi cials to Guest Speaker: David Neeleman, Founder, Chairman grenade while on dismounted patrol. He was assigned to shorten the usable section of the runway. In 2015, offi cials and CEO, Azul Airlines the 2nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, White will have to shrink it again to comply with the FAA require- When: September 10, 2013 Sands Missile Range, N.M. ment to have a 300-foot safety zone at the end. A study is Where: Russo’s on the Bay: 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., underway to fi nd a solution. Howard Beach, NY 11414 N.Y.’S WESTCHESTER COUNTY “It’s huge if that runway goes away,” said Milt Hobbs, di- Contact: Rudy Auslander 917-945-8888 e-mail: rector of fl ight operations at the airport for JPMorganChase [email protected] website www.jfk-airport.org AIRPORT EYES PLAN FOR FUTURE and vice president of the Westchester Aviation. 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From Page 4 ta over O’Hare in the fi rst half of this year, surround Heathrow. an increasing volume of fl ights at O’Hare Colin Matthews, Heathrow’s chief execu- services between the two airports for con- over the last two months is trending to make tive, said: “After half a century of vigorous necting cargoes will be introduced to main- it a horse race. debate but little action, it is clear the UK tain the existing trans-shipment times be- desperately needs a single hub airport with tween freighters to the passenger fl eet and the capacity to provide the links to emerging vice versa. HEATHROW REPEATS economies which can boost UK jobs, GDP “The planned move of our freighter op- PLEA FOR THIRD RUNWAY and trade. erations from Dubai International Airport “It is clear that the best solution for tax- to Dubai World Central Al Maktoum Inter- TO SOLVE AVIATION payers, passengers and business is to build national Airport is the next step in Emirates DEADLOCK on the strength we already have at Heathrow. SkyCargo’ s overall expansion and growth Heathrow is submitting to the Airports Courtesy of O’Hare Airport Authority be better served by a constellation ap- program. It provides us with a brand new Commission three options for solving the proach, with three, two-runway airports sur- facility for our freighter operations and will O’Hare in 2005 and has retained it since, lack of hub airport capacity in the UK. These rounding the city. increase capacity and enable us to meet our according to the offi cial fl ight count by the see a third runway placed to the north, north long-term objectives,” said Nabil Sultan, Federal Aviation Administration. west or south west of the existing airport. Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President, O’Hare previously had bragging rights to All three options are “quicker and cheap- PITTSBURGH GAS PROJECT Cargo. the title since the dawn of the Jet Age, when er” than any rival hub option, agues Heath- it surpassed the number of fl ights at Midway COULD BENEFIT CARGO row, delivering extra capacity by 2025-9 and Sometime in late 2014, if all goes accord- Airport, which had been the leader. for £14-18 billion. CHICAGO’S OHARE In the fi rst six months of 2013, Atlanta ing to plan, Consol Energy will begin shale All three put millions more people within gas drilling on 9,000 acres owned by Pitts- AIRPORT VIES WITH handled 453,800 takeoffs and landings, easy reach of the UK’s hub airport than non- while O’Hare accommodated 426,800 burgh International Airport. The deal fi gures HARTSFILED AS WORLD’S Heathrow options and all three protect the to be lucrative for the airport over the 20- fl ights, a preliminary FAA tally shows. thriving businesses and plentiful jobs that BUSIEST Atlanta also is No. 1 for total passen- year lease and could eventually offer ben- An increase in fl ights this year has helped gers. A preliminary passenger count for the efi ts to air cargo in the region. O’Hare International Airport narrow the gap fi rst half of 2013 is not yet available. But in The airport, which sits in the middle of with archrival Atlanta for the title “world’s 2012, the top airports for total passengers, the Marcellus Shale fi eld, received a US busiest airport,’’ and air traffi c controllers in behind Atlanta, were (in order) Beijing Cap- $45.3 million payment from Consol within Chicago predict O’Hare will soon retake the ital International Airport, London Heathrow an hour of the deal being approved in Febru- top spot with help from a new runway open- Airport, Tokyo International Airport and ary. It will also receive 18 percent royalties ing this fall. O’Hare, according to Airports Council In- based on production, which could turn into Hartsfi eld-Jackson Atlanta International ternational. US$500 million over 20 years. Airport wrestled the top honor away from Despite a 27,000-fl ight cushion for Atlan- See Airport News page 6

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From Page 5 is on the bubble fi nancially, we envision that residents. In an attempt to defuse tensions, blast, which fi lled the terminal with smoke. will help that.” the Conservative-led government has set Chinese news agency Xinha reported it When drilling begins, Pittsburgh Inter- up an independent commission to examine was a protest against the Chinese authorities, national will join a growing list of airports STANSTED SEEKS FOUR proposals. While an interim report is due by with the man handing out leafl ets complain- leasing land for shale gas drilling. This in- the end of this year, a fi nal decision is not ing he had been beaten up by security guards cludes Dallas/Fort Worth International Air- RUNWAYS TO MEET expected until mid 2015 - after the next gen- in an earlier incident in southern China. port, where drilling began in 2007, and Den- CAPACITY SHORTAGE eral election. Later images from the airport showed the ver International Airport. London’s Stansted airport urged the gov- Stansted, Britain’s fourth-biggest airport, wheelchair on its side with offi cials treating The Consol Energy project in Pittsburgh ernment to let it expand into a four-runway is 30 miles north east of central London and the man on the fl oor. is now in the midst of an environmental re- hub, the latest group to put forward multi- owned by Manchester Airports Group. view process. Consol’s plan calls for devel- billion pound plans aimed at addressing a opment of six to eight well pads, which are capacity shortage. BEIJING AIRPORT HIT BY 5-acre-square areas. Eight to 12 wells will The government and business want to be drilled on each pad, which will be on air- expand fl ights to fast-growing economies to BOMB BLAST port property but several hundred feet off to ensure Britain doesn’t miss out on billions of An explosion has seen the evacuation of the side of the airport itself. pounds of trade. With Heathrow, London’s Terminal 3 at Beijing International Airport, “We know that carriers look closely at biggest airport, operating at 99 percent ca- with a man in a wheelchair reportedly deto- operating costs and as we lower their costs, pacity, additional runways are needed. nating a device. Photos posted on Weibo it will help us,” Penrod says. “We will give However, expansion plans run into op- show a dark haired man waving a white 54 percent of the proceeds back to the air- position from environmentalists and local package above his head before the explo- lines in the form of rate reduction. If a fl ight sion. He is said to have been injured in the Cargo News THE NATURAL The United States also has become a ment shortages. This energy boom means magnet for chemical industry investment, producers are competing for resources that GAS FACTOR the report adds. The natural gas boom has are part of the chemical supply chain.” New Market for opened up a new export market as well, with Resources for natural gas producers may Providers, chemical producers gaining the ability to in- be in tight supply as well, notes Dan Gay- New Competition crease global sales. ford, vice president of Illinois-based A&R for Capacity “ KAG currently provides services in- Logistics, a leading provider of bulk plastic cluding truck transportation and trans-load- and dry fl owable transportation. “Natural Keith Biondo Keith Biondo ing for the shale plays, and is working to gas discoveries will result in a lot of new ca- The boom in natu- Publisher of help set up distribution networks for liquid pacity production in the Gulf of Mexico and ral gas and shale ex- Inbound Logistics natural gas (LNG) producers. “The chal- other U.S. locations, and the transportation ploration in North price of energy in their base stock is much lenge is that transport and logistics services infrastructure can’t handle that volume,” he America holds both less expensive than it is in most parts of will have to keep pace with increased pro- explains. good news and bad news for chemical com- the world,” says Rob Kriewaldt, director of duction in order to provide supply chain ca- Because much of this new natural gas panies. marketing for WSI, an Appleton, Wisconsin. pabilities,” Forbes adds. production will be slated for export, these The natural gas being extracted from “It’s changing the face of the U.S. chemical And that is the bad news. All the activity companies need logistics partners that can shale plays across the United States and in industry.” surrounding the natural gas boom has placed help with transportation scenarios. “These Canada has emerged as a low-cost alterna- That change is a good one, according to additional strain on logistics capacity for fi rms are coming to us for help moving their tive source for powering industrial facilities. the American Chemistry Council. the chemical industry. 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From Page 8 Portland, Maine. program on handling all types of tempera- Freighters valued at $704 million at current American Airlines: Swissport has award- ture-controlled containers. list prices. ed a three-year contract to provide ancillary “Silk Way Airlines’ vision is to be a suc- passenger service functions at Miami Inter- cessful and profi table cargo operator by in- national hub. vesting in its fl eet and services and continu- ing to increase its regional and international CHINA AIRLINES TO footprint,” said Zaur Akhundov, president, SW Holding, parent company of Silk Way LAUNCH TEMPERATURE- Airlines. CONTROLLED AIR FREIGHT “The order for two Boeing 747-8 Freight- China Airlines and Envirotainer an- ers is a move in that direction.” nounced that they will together launch Silk Way Airlines currently operates Airport, the 2nd largest hub in the Virgin temperature-controlled airfreight services Boeing 747-400 Freighters and 767-300 America network. primarily for the health care industry. COURTESY OF CATHAY PACIFIC Freighters. With handling agreements at Los Ange- In order to move into the cool chain mar- It is considered as one of the leading les, Anchorage (passenger and ramp) and ket, China Airlines will introduce airfreight cargo airlines in Central Asia providing full- Boston (ramp), Swissport now operates at services for high-value pharmaceutical CATHAY PACIFIC fl edged services to Europe and the United three US stations for Virgin America. products that need constant and monitored LAUNCHES FIRST HONG- Kingdom and the Middle East, as well as the Other North American business high- temperature control. With a strong presence Far East including Korea, China and Hong lights include the following: in China and Taiwan, China Airlines can KONG-MEXICO FREIGHTER Kong. Frontier Airlines: Swissport was awarded offer cargo transfer services across many SERVICE In addition, it also serves international three-year contracts for ramp and passenger Asian air transport hubs and connect Asia Cathay Pacifi c Airways announced that destinations through a network of alliances. services in seven U.S. markets (SNA, OMA, with Europe and the U.S. it will launch its fi rst ever destination in Lat- STL, CLE, ABQ, SFO, LAX) in 2013, of In the initial phase, China Airlines will in America with a new scheduled freighter SWISSPORT EXPANDS which four markets are new for Swissport target eight airports for its temperature- service to Guadalajara, Mexico. The airline USA. In a joint operation with sister compa- controlled airfreight business: Taipei, Am- plans to begin the service in the last quarter GROUND HANDLING ny Hallmark Aviation, Swissport today pro- sterdam, Frankfurt, San Francisco, Tokyo, of 2013, making it the fi rst and only airline COVERAGE vides Frontier Airlines with services in nine Osaka and Singapore. operating a freighter service linking Hong Swissport USA has initiated a new busi- markets in the US, including Chicago and China Airlines and Envirotainer have Kong and Mexico. ness partnership with Virgin America with a Anchorage, which were won in late 2012. signed a global partner MLA, which in- “This is the fi rst such freighter service three-year agreement to provide ramp han- UAir: Swissport was awarded ramp han- cludes co-marketing and joint business col- between Hong Kong and Mexico and is a dling services at Los Angeles International dling contracts in two new markets for Swis- laboration. Under the agreement, the airline sport of (DAY) Dayton, Ohio and (PWM) will participate in Envirotainer’s training See Cargo News page 10 The Former Owners of Valley Stream Lincoln now have

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as an “Air Force brat” in South Carolina to a Korean and American that fl y that jet. Vietnam War fi ghter pilot father, she was always exposed to “At fi rst I didn’t want to take my current job. All eyes are aviation and traveling. “I would go to air shows and always on you to see if you can get the job done,” she says. She’s wanted to be a pilot but women couldn’t join the Air Force currently in charge of writing manuals, training, following then,” she says. During her junior year as a biology major in air directives from the FAA or any changes by the planes high school, she decided that she wanted to fl y planes. manufacturer Boeing. “My job is number 1 the pilots, and It wasn’t until 1976 that female pilot training was allowed second, the books,” she says. in the U.S. Air Force Academy. She says she experienced There are 123,705 male commercial airline pilots and minor hazing from male students but that she was always they vastly outnumber women in the fi eld. At American Air- accepted. “Men always respected me but you can’t change lines alone there are only 60 female captains. people’s perceptions,” she says. She graduated in 1981 as “Early on during my career at American Airlines there part of the second admitted class of female aviators and were a lot of men that had never fl own with women. I’m spent her seven-year Air Force career fl ying the Northrop hoping that in another 20 years it won’t be an issue,” she FIRST FEMALE PILOT TO GRADUATE T-38 Talon aircraft at Williams Air Force Base. says. “When people are deplaning I make sure to open up AIR FORCE ACADEMY HONORED Her transition to the civilian world was seamless, she the door looking for the little girl that’s walking by and I tell The fi rst time Durst fl ew a plane in the U.S. Air Force says. Since joining American Airlines in 1988, Durst has the little girl, you can do anything,” something she says her Academy she got really sick. The youngest of three daugh- gone up in the ranks and is now Fleet Captain of the Boeing mother always told her. ters, Durst always dreamed about fl ying planes. Growing up 737. Durst oversees 217 Boeing 737s and the 2,500 pilots at

COURTESY OF FAA U.S. AVIATION CHIEF DEFENDS NEXTGEN PROGRESS AS FUNDING CUTS LOOM The head of the Federal Aviation Administration defend- ed the “NextGen” program to modernize U.S. fl ight control systems, telling a government panel the effort has made progress despite delays and is “designed to be fl exible.” “Overall, NextGen is on track,” FAA Administrator Mi- chael Huerta told a House of Representatives aviation sub- committee. But an aviation industry group later responded that the expected cost and effi ciency benefi ts from the program have so far not been widely realized. See Aviation News page 11 Airport Press Metro Edition • August 2013 • 11 Aviation News From Page 10 — as stamp collectors at the time well knew. One collector, both chambers of the US Congress in June. The FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System William T. Robey, was on the lookout for stamps with print- China claims Taiwan as a wayward province though the program was launched to switch fl ight control operations ing errors on the two sides have been governed separately since defeated Na- from radar to GPS-based technology, allowing more traffi c morning of May tionalist forces fl ed to Taiwan in 1949 after losing the Chi- and reducing fl ight delays. The program was set up to be 14, 1918, the fi rst nese civil war. implemented in stages between 2012 and 2025. day of issuance China says it alone has the right to represent Taiwan in- Huerta said the program has had some successes, noting for the stamp and ternationally, like at the United Nations, though it has made the deployment of 500 satellite systems at ground stations. the day before exceptions for membership of some bodies, such as the Specifi c airports have already seen increases in air traffi c Air Mail service World Trade Organization, as long as the island is identifi ed and millions of dollars in savings, he said. began. as “Chinese Taipei”. “As of this very moment, air carriers that take advantage To Robey’s “The joining of international organizations like ICAO of precision routing get into and out of airports more quickly amazement, by Taiwan compatriots is a matter for the Chinese people,” and effi ciently, which reduces fuel use, saves money and a postal clerk China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said decreases aircraft exhaust emissions,” Huerta said in a pre- handed him a in a statement. pared statement. 100-stamp sheet “China opposes any foreign government, group or indi- However, several members of the subcommittee said or- of the new Air vidual poking their nose in,” she added. ganizational troubles within the FAA were delaying Next- Mail stamps mis- The actions by the United States run contrary to the “one- Gen. “There are serious concerns regarding the FAA’s abil- takenly showing the biplane upside down within its frame. China” principle and China has “lodged stern representa- ity to effectively and effi ciently implement NextGen,” said “The clerk reached down under the counter and brought tions with the US side”, Hua said. committee Chairman Frank LoBiondo. forth a full sheet,” Robey recounted 20 years later, “and my Calvin Scovel, the inspector general with the Department heart stood still.” of Transportation, said government budget cuts, known as Robey would soon learn that he had purchased the only sequestration, had already halted some projects to ease con- sheet of misprinted Jenny stamps to fall into public hands. gestion at U.S. airports. Within days, he sold the sheet to a stamp dealer, who imme- The FAA faces more cuts as well. Representative Rick diately resold it to another collector. The sheet was broken Larsen noted that a proposed budget recently passed by the up and the stamps were sold individually and in blocks of House Appropriations Committee is 22 percent less than re- four. quested and is the lowest capital funding since 2000. For nearly a century, stamp collectors, referred to as phi- “At those funding levels, the agency would be required to latelists, have chased the Inverted Jennys, accounting for restrain (NextGen) efforts greatly,” Scovel noted. nearly all 100 of them — even as the stamp became one But Huerta said that while the proposed cuts may cause of the country’s best known philatelic treasures. One of the the latest programs under NextGen to be suspended and remaining originals recently sold at auction for $625,000. might cost up to 700,000 jobs by 2021, the program was Nearly a century after it was fi rst issued, America’s most “fl exible” enough to adapt. famous stamp — the misprinted 24-cent Inverted Jenny — “The industry and we have agreed that it would be pru- will be reprinted as a $2 stamp as part of the Stamp Collect- Courtesy of Boeing dent for us to have a clear sense of ... priorities,” he said. ing: Inverted Jenny souvenir stamp sheet. The DOT’s Scovel, however, said the technology had not The sheet of stamps will be issued Sept. 22 to coincide been widely adopted and that delays and costs meant the with the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum opening of BOEING STAGES QUIET 787-9 ROLL- program would cost “signifi cantly more” than the planned the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery — the world’s largest OUT OVERNIGHT $40 billion and could take 10 years longer than the original stamp gallery. Under the cover of darkness Boeing rolled out the fi rst 2025 deadline. 787-9 from the 40-24 bay of the factory in Everett, Wash- CHINA PROTESTS US SUPPORT FOR ington, in the late hours of 17 July, achieving a milestone THE 24-CENT CURTISS JENNY INVERT TAIWAN’S ICAO BID event for the fi rst stretched variant of the 787-8 with as little ERROR China said on Tuesday it had lodged a protest with the fanfare and public scrutiny as possible. United States over President Barack Obama’s signing of The fi rst of four fl ight test vehicles rolled out of the fac- In 1918, to celebrate the fi rst Air Mail fl ight, the Post Of- tory to travel to the nearby paint facility. Boeing plans to fi ce Department had the 24-cent Curtiss Jenny stamp pro- legislation expressing US support for Taiwan’s campaign to attend meetings of the ICAO. stage a formal roll-out ceremony after the aircraft is painted duced. for employees only. Afterwards, the aircraft will begin a Because the design required two colors, sheets were placed The bill supporting Taiwan’s bid for observer status with on the printing press twice — a process given to human error the International Civil Aviation Organization easily passed See Aviation News page 16

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ager at Tehran Airport. people over to Pan Am On the return journey to Accra, the pilot al- looking for pilots and lowed Peter to handle the controls in some of here you come walking HIMALAYAN JOURNEY the fundamental fl ight aspects and as usual, he out of a tea patch in As- Finally, Peter told me he was very ground training, two months had picked it up quickly. These fl ights continued sam.” proud to have fi nished his training at Pan fl own by. All was not intense train- and Peter honed his skills on the DC-3. * In 1942, Karachi ing; Peter renewed his friendship The continuing saga of Peter running into was still part of India Am’s Miami school in four months instead Maine compatriots continued in Accra. While before Pakistan was of fi ve as I had written in Part I. This was with Sylvia and met her husband and fi ve year old son. Peter and his new found on another training fl ight; Peter discovered the formed in 1947. one month ahead of schedule. Captain of the aircraft was Wilson York, one In Part II, I am going to highlight Pe- pilot friends also discovered Miami Beach and a few “watering” holes in the local area. of his CPT trainers in Bangor. At that point in CNAC ter’s training in Florida, his exceptional Where would a group of pilots be without a time, Peter was no longer a co-pilot in name CNAC was formed PART II service with China National Airways and good gathering place to boast about their fl y- only, he could fl y the airplane. in 1929 by the Chinese his career with the FAA. There is so much ing skills, social skills, and even sprinkle in a In the fall of 1942, Peter got news that would government and the Before we continue our story, there more but only so much space to write this end his African sojourn. The Commanding Of- are a few clarifi cations and corrections tale or two? Curtiss-Wright Corpora- amazing story for our newspaper. Actual fl ight training began in Opa Locka fi cer of the DC-3 Ferry Program, Captain Kris tion, the China National that I need to make relative to Part I. Pe- When we left our story in Part I, Peter airport on AT-6 trainers. The AT-6 was all Kristofferson told him that the USAF would Aviation Corporation ter Goutiere was not born and raised in Goutiere was en-route to Miami to begin metal tandem seated aircraft with a 650 horse- be taking over the DC-3 fl ights, and that he (CNAC) distinguished had the option of joining the USAF, taking a Assam Valley; as stated in Part I, he was his training at Pan AM Air Ferry School power engine. Peter’s instructor was Pete itself as the “fi rst to fl y born and raised in Aligarh which is in the Peteler and the air training was intense. This job as a pilot with Pan Am, or fi nd another fl y- the Hump” delivering which was located on 119th Street in Mi- ing opportunity. He told Captain Kristofferson Union area of North-Central India, not ami. level of training pushes the trainee pilot skills C-46 Freighter over India C-46 fl ying over Himalayas essential supplies and the Assam Valley. Assam is tucked away with aerobatic turns and air maneuvers. The that he wanted to fl y to India to seek opportu- personnel to US forces the mix of veterans and new arrivals must fl ying a P-40 Fighter Aircraft, the heads of the in a far North-Eastern part of the country. fi nal days involved a total instrument training nity there and the Captain obliged and the next and allies in the China- Joseph Alba triangular course using instruments only and have made for some interesting conversations. Ferry Program in Africa assembled the pilots legs of his journey was about to begin. in America seemed to be compressed; he felt Burma-India Theater. In 1933 the US stake This may be viewed as close enough per- Among those pilots already in Accra, Peter ran and crews and told them the program was to he had just left India only weeks ago. haps in a non-Indian view but not in the Pan Am Air Ferry School timing, no radio or visuals allowed. Peter’s was transferred to Pan American Airways. skills were so exceptional, Pan Am staff asked into Frank “Pete” Peterson. Peterson was one be transferred to the US Air Force, and that Return to India While in Karachi, the ever curious Peter en- CNAC headquartered in Shanghai until culturally diverse Indian sub-continent The fi rst lesson at Pan Ams’ Air Ferry of the “Maine men” and was one of his fl ight their new mission was to learn the DC-3. Al- gaged in conversations with fellow pilots and which contains different languages, reli- School is this; just when a pilot believes that to stay over and learn how to fl y the fl ying The young lad who at the age of 14 had mid-1937 when the Japanese invaded China. boat, but Peter deferred preferring to stay with training instructors. though initially disappointed, this was a bless- left his home in Bhim Tal in 1928, was now Pan Am people. They brought to Peter’s at- Next it based in Hong Kong until after the at- gions and social customs. he knows all he needs to know, he discovers Pilots seem to be drawn to interesting gath- ing in disguise for Peter since it was his ticket tention a group called China National Airlines that there is so much more to learn. As in all his group of new friends. 14 years later on a fl ight preparing to land in tack on Pearl Harbor when Hong Kong also When the Goutiere family arrived in The course wound down and fi nally gradu- ering places, and Accra was no different. In to fl ying for CNAC. Karachi, India* – back to the land of his birth. Corporation (CNAC) which were fl ying cargo was occupied by the Japanese. From 1942 the United States, only Peter went on to pilot training whether basic or advanced, the Miami it was The Bottle Cap Inn and in Accra The DC-3 (later the C-46 or C-47) was a aircraft to China in support of China’s war ef- fi rst order of business is ground training. And ation day arrived with a celebration at the While on fi nal approach, Peter recognized the through 1945 Calcutta became CNAC’s prin- live with his sister Christine and her hus- Pan Am facility, followed by a speech from it was the Bucket of Blood. Peter tells us that vital cog in the movement of people and cargo Babul trees, “thorny little trees with feathery forts against the Japanese invaders. What was cipal base of operations. The headquarters re- ground training encompasses all the technical this place was crowded with all kinds of inter- throughout the theatres of war during WWII. more fascinating was that the efforts were cen- band Robert. His brother Vernon and sis- and geo-physical skills needed before you ac- Juan Trippe, the founder and President of leaves” as Peter described them. turned to Shanghai early in 1946 and remained ter Geraldine along with his mother went Pan American Airways. The presence of Juan esting people including on-leave British infan- And it was no different in Africa. The offi cers Peter had little diffi culty remembering his tered in Calcutta and in Assam; both areas he there until the Communist takeover in 1949. tually begin fl ying. The objective, the fl edg- try soldiers who had fought in the desert cam- running the DC-3 training program used actu- to live in Sheepshead Bay, and then subse- Trippe underlined how important Pan Am con- Indian upbringing even as he was led into a was somewhat familiar with from his previous CNAC gained stature among Chinese for ling pilots learned, was to ferry P-40 fi ghter paigns. The job these men had to perform was al operational fl ights as a training mechanism life experience. quently to Westfi eld, New Jersey. airplanes to their fi nal destination; Cairo, or sidered the training, and how connected Pan handsome Pan Am building in a lovely area of its transport of personnel and supplies to and Am was to America’s global responsibilities. dangerous and in these circumstances, it was for their students. On one of these fl ights with Karachi. He was of course, fully conversant in One day, the Commanding Offi cer said he from various Flying Tiger bases. This was a Pakistan. important for them to have a means of release. Peter in the co-pilot seat, the crew picked up a needed a co-pilot for a fl ight to Calcutta and Included in the training was a new After his training stint in Miami and Opa Hindi as he overheard the conversations from crucial supply channel since the Burma Road, Locka, Peter was given a short leave and he As in all aviation training, when learning contingent of B-26 ferry pilots who had deliv- the service and hotel staff. At this point in time, Peter jumped at the chance. Even better, the the only other means of supply, had been technical advancement called “Link” how to fl y a new aircraft, a pilots’ initial intro- ered a large number of B-26’s to the Russians. fl ight made a stop in Agra, home of the Taj trainers which were blue boxes fi tted returned home to his wife and family. He as- he was not anxious to say too much about him- cut-off by the Japanese. After July 4, 1942, sured them that his job was simply ferrying duction is in the classroom. And this is how it “They only had to paint a red star over our star self but was looking and waiting for what op- Mahal and near Peter’s birthplace in Aligarh. when the Flying Tigers disbanded, many Ti- up with an instrument panel fi tted-up began with the P-40 fi ghter; but before even and they were all set”, said the station man- When they arrived in Calcutta, the hotel they to replicate a cockpit to simulate fl y- aircraft from West Africa to Cairo, Egypt and portunities would become available. His years ger pilots joined CNAC. Flying 150 hours a would not be dangerous. Little did Peter know stayed at was the same hotel that was the Gou- month in unarmed C-47 transports without ing. The link trainer was an excellent tiere family transient point on their way to the means to teach the budding pilots how that his trip to Africa would only be the fi rst modern navigational aids, these pilots sought leg of a fi ve year adventure that was far from United States. Peter seemed to be reliving his cloudy weather or fl ew at night to avoid Japa- to instrument fl y. Instructors could fol- departure from India with his arrival. low the students fl ying on the Link the “safe” harbor that he had described to his wife and family. It was not long before a fl ight was sched- See HIMALAYAN JOURNEY page 14 step by step, turn by turn and rate their uled for the Assam area and when he arrived skills as they maneuvered the “pseudo” in Chabua Airport, he aircraft. asked how he could Flying in North America’s tem- African Sojourn reach Dinjan – loca- perate weather was one thing; fl ying After his family leave, Peter Goutiere tion of CNAC – and in Equatorial Africa’s more extreme boarded a Boeing 314 Flying Boat out of was told he would get weather was another. Students had to LaGuardia Airport’s Air Terminal en-route a lift to Dinjan Air- master subject matter involving Af- to Africa. On board the fl ying boat were the port which was 15 rican weather conditions as ell as the ferry pilots, engineers and maintenance people away. While walking geographic terrain - the Gold Coast headed to South America, Africa and Europe. to the CNAC bun- which was later to become the country After several stops in Bermuda, Port of Spain galow Headquarters, of Ghana. They also studied the area and South America, the fl ying Boat landed at Peter met with one of now known as Nigeria, Lake Chad, the Fish Lake in West Africa, a destination of al- the CNAC offi cers, Sudan, the Nile river region and Egypt. most mythic importance in the Pan Am travel Captain Hugh Woods, This was the heading they would be world. However, the landing location was not where an interest- fl ying en-route to the Egypt. the fi nal destination of the ferry crews, and it ing conversation took The initial course materials also in- took several days of scrambling from one lo- place. cluded learning how to utilize Morse cation in Western Africa to another before they Peter said; “I under- code and advanced navigation top- arrived at their fi nal destination, Accra. stand that CNAC was ics. It was expected that students had Peter was billeted in Barracks E, not far looking for pilots”. Re- to transmit a minimum of 12 words a from Accra Airport with most of his fellow plied Captain Woods, minute. pilots; some being housed in Billet D. There “ I don’t believe it, Peter Goutiere, 1944 By the time Peter had fi nished were many pilots already at this location so C-46 unloading in Kunming we have been sending Flying Tigers were based in Kunming 14 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition August Feature army was engaged with the Japanese across HIMALAYAN JOURNEY From Page 13 China. When fl ying into these airports, Peter nese fi ghter planes. From April 1942, when discovered that the airfi eld siting and airfi eld the Burma Road was lost, to August 1945, conditions were primitive compared to the CNAC crews made more than 38,000 trips United States and each airfi eld had its spe- over the Hump, transporting approximately cial idiosyncrasies – translation; it was damn 114,500 tons of people and supplies. tough to land. Peter had 300 hours as co-pilot in DC- The assignment with CNAC lasted 5 3’s from his experience in Africa, and also years and during that time, Peter made spoke excellent Hindi which pleased Cap- 680 trips across the Himalayas in C-47’s. tain Woods. Woods saw no problem in Peter He saw friends die, CNAC aircraft fl y into becoming one of the team of pilots, and after mountains, and experienced many high risk a trip to Calcutta to meet the brass, he was situations himself. He also made acquantint- offi cially on board. enacne with fascinating people including The test fl ight to fully acquaint Peter with General Chennault of the Flying Tigers and piloting a DC-3 was with Captain Frank General Chiang Kai Shek. Higgs, and Higgs was not shy about putting This exemplary service resulted in Pe- his new pilot through the paces. He asked ter being awarded the U.S. Governments Peter to shut down an engine and re-start it Distinguished Flying Cross, a medal rarely and when Peter said he had never done that, awarded to non-military personnel. ** Higgs’ responded, “that’s’ ok, I’ll show you ** There are “you tube” fi lms and photos how to do it.” As in the past, Peter always available by linking to the CNAC website seemed to have a special knack for picking which will give you an idea how dangerous up the skills he needed when fl ying a new these fl ights were, and how courageous the aircraft. Higgs placed his fl ying jacket over pilots had to be to perform this duty day after the wind-screen and asked him to do an in- Peter and Evelyn Goutiere. day. strument landing and removed only when CNAC. had moved to south Miami to set up home Peter was a few hundred feet above the run- His wife Kiki was living in Bombay with there, and maintained contact with former way. Life Work versus Marriage her mother and Peter had connected with a CNAC friends who had resettled in Florida. Peter Goutiere’s knowledge of India and Peter’s fl ying career was his life’s-work new venture and was fl ying within India and and could easily be appraised as a success; his capability communicating with locals to Burma for a new airline called Orient Air. Middle East Interlude spurred interest amongst his comrades. On but his personal life and marital situation He then worked as a personal pilot for one occasion, a fellow CNAC pilot asked was complex and diffi cult. Perhaps the life In 1955 Peter became a principal involved the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, and was in- with a start up airline in Jordan. The airline him; “Pete, how come you speak the local of man devoted to fl ying; especially fl ying volved with several start-up airlines; includ- lingo so well?” Pete replied; “Hell! Cliff, long stints in far-away places is not com- venture started with two C-46 aircraft, one ing a venture fl ying Muslims from Pakistan for passenger and one for cargo and was I’ve been here ten days” patible to a stable personal life. Helen, who to make their Hadj. This went on until 1951 Based on his training experience with Pe- bore Peter’s son David, became tired his of called CAT. The fi rst days of the airline in when the US government expropriated the Jordan began auspiciously; a lunch with his ter, Frank Higgs asked if he would accom- long service abroad and got a divorce. After airfi eld that the fl ights originated from and pany him as co-pilot on his next run over the the war, Peter met an alluring woman, Kiki majesty, King Hussein of Jordan. Over the Peter and his wife had to make a move back course of Peter’s work in Jordan, he devel- Himalayas. That trip would be to Kunming, Voyantis. Kiki wanted to be the focus of Pe- to the United States. and then to Chungking, and onto Kwelin, ter and Peter’s job made that impossible so oped a strong relationship with king. King Late in 1952, Peter found himself work- Hussein prepared an introductory letter in Paochi and Lanchow before returning to she traveled back and forth to her mother’s ing as a co-pilot for National Airlines fl ying Dinjan. It should be noted that Kunming was home, Margaret, who he married in 1947, Peter’s book; Himalayan Rogue. from New York to Miami, Tampa, New Or- CAT Airways C-46’s operated with little the home base of the famous fl ying tigers; had two children, Christian and Hannah. Pe- leans and on occasion, Havana. Compared and the fl ights to Kunming were the only ter’s wanderlust soon wore on Margaret and maintenance and the venture began success- to his other fl ying assignments, this had to fully. In the meantime, Peter’s marriage to source of supply for this famous unit. The she met another and fi led for divorce. While be pretty hum drum and boring. He and Kiki fl ight to Chungking was primarily to sup- Peter may have had rocky marriages, he was port Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek whose always a devoted and responsible father who kept ties to his chil- dren through the years. Back to the States The war was over and Peter said good- bye to CNAC in 1946. The headquarters had moved from Calcutta to Shanghai, and many of Peters friends from the CNAC in Dinjan had cycle back to the United States either working for Pan Am or other airlines. In addition, Peter was crossing wires with his new boss and this put the icing on the cake. Jules Watson and Peter Goutiere check out TWA 747. It was time to leave Hump monument, Kunming, China. Airport Press Metro Edition • August 2013 • 15 August Feature fl ight 840 which had left Athens and was Peter retired from the FAA in 1990. blown up by a terrorist bomb over the Ae- Peter Goutiere has stayed active with gean Sea. It should be noted that Peter was CNAC people through yearly events and asked by the authorities in Athens to be the with Pan AM and FAA people who still meet specifi c investigator for this incident. regularly in New York and Connecticut. Pe- He was shocked to fi nd one day that his ter made several trips to China including one wife Margaret had asked for a divorce. She in 2005 – at the age of 88 -- where he visit- was involved in an affair with another; her ing Kunming and drove a Land Rover over a mind was made up and the marriage was thousand miles to Shangri La, Tibet to pick over. This hurt Peter beyond any break-up up artifacts from his days fl ying the hump. he had experienced before. But to Peter’s The city of Kunming recognized the CNAC credit, he maintained a very close relation- pilots and crews by building a monument in ship with his children and through joy and the city honoring their service. tragedy, Peter was always there, putting job Several years later - in 2012 - Peter again and everything else aside to be a father. Even traveled to China to be the guest speaker at with this shattering news, Peter allowed his the opening of the CNAC Museum in Bei- family to stay together in their Long Island jing. This museum along with one in Day- home, and he lived in a one room fl at in ton, Ohio, contains many artifacts, and me- Long Beach. mentos of CNAC. Peter enjoyed his job at the FAA; it was As for this reporter; at an age when most intense, demanding and he had to use all of of us think we’ve heard everything, I was to- the skills and expertise that he had gained tally absorbed when Peter told his story, and over the years. Airworthiness, airport readi- honored to meet the man. ness, aircraft inspection and certifi cation are From left, Peter Goutiere, Moon Chin, Lu YuanBin, Bill Maher and Zhou Bing being all extremely important parts of aviation honored in Bejing. Post Script safety and Peter did his job with his usual Peter Goutiere’s tab in the CNAC website fl air of analysis and determination. He was reads: Kiki was unraveling; Kiki had stayed in two children, Christian and Hannah and instrumental in getting the 747 certifi ed for Peter J. Goutiere Florida when Peter began working in Jordan they made their home in Long Island to be both TWA and Pan Am. It was also helpful (Pilot) and she didn’t want to come to Beirut under close to the FAA facility in Valley Stream. that Peter had an engaging personality and CNAC December 1942-June 1947 any circumstances. This situation appeared There were already hints that Peter’s mar- understood the mind-set of pilots. He could Captain, 1943 to be a reprise of his fi rst marriage to Helen. riage to Margaret was also facing a rough unearth facts and determine emotional sta- Hump Flights 680 In 1956, Peter was still in the middle-east patch. Like Kiki, Margaret seemed to fi nd bility to perform the job. when he met Margaret Miles, the woman her former home in England better than Bei- While working for the FAA and on a tem- If you want to get the full story, it is con- who was to become his wife and mother to rut when she and Peter lived in Lebanon, and porary assignment with ICAO in the middle- tained in Peter Goutiere’s autobiography, two of his children. Margaret had been an ac- she had gone back home on two occasions. east, Peter met his wife Evelyn, a Philippina Himalayan Rogue. Published by Turner tress appearing in several well known mov- The FAA job promised steady hours, and woman working and living in Jordan. This Publishing Company, P.O. Box 3101, 412 ies as South Pacifi c. The following years had less travel. But on the other hand, Peter was is the woman his book is dedicated to along Broadway, Paducah, Kentucky 42001 Peter fl ying throughout the middle-east and fearful that his fl ying and travel days were with his family, and is the gracious lady I met Other sources for my article: CNAC web- Africa in a job with the usual adventures and over. Little did he realize that the FAA val- while visiting Peter in his Katonah home. I site- www.cnac.org / Wings Over Asia Vol- diffi culties. Peter was in Beirut during the ued his fl ying expertise and would use him got the impression that although Pete had to ume III – in cnac website/ First Flight Over invasion of US Marines in 1958. Margaret for many of their investigations over the wait a very long time, he has fi nally found the Hump Arthur N. Young former director became extremely nervous about this, and globe; including an examination of the TWA his soul-mate. of CNAC – www.nationalmuseum.af.mil asked to go back home to England. He ac- companied his wife to Le Bourget airport in Paris prior to her fl ight to the UK. After spending ten years in India and the Middle East, Peter began thinking about his future and where he could fi nd some stabil- ity in his life. It should be noted that after fi fty years of fl ying, Peter had logged 34,000 hours of fl ying time.

FAA Years The FAA years were important to Peter Goutiere for many reasons. Peter said to me in his interview that the job with the FAA saved his life. The reasons are many, but the primary focus was the need for Peter to be close to his family after a number of personal tragedies including loss of his son Christian. It is a fact of life that as you age, the older you get, the greater the chance that life-long friends and family will pass; but we can never understand how or why we should lose a child. Going back to our story; with his move back to the United States to work for the FAA, Peter was a husband and parent to From left, Bill Pukhaber, Publisher, Airport Press, Peter Goutiere, Joe Alba, Editor, Airport Press. 16 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition Aviation News From Page 11 BOMBARDIER DELAYS C SERIES Aboulafi a expects entry-into-service sometime in the fi rst half of 2015. The fi rst fl ight will be the culmination of a months-long fl ight test campaign and an entry into-ser- FIRST FLIGHT AGAIN fi ve-year, USD$3.4 billion development program for the vice with Air New Zealand in mid-2014. Bombardier delayed the fi rst fl ight of its C Series C Series. The 6.07m (20ft) stretch of the fuselage adds space for jet for a third time, promising the fl ight “in the coming Bombardier hopes eventually to corner 50 percent of roughly 40 more seats compared to the 787-8, while in- weeks” instead of July, a move likely to rattle airlines that the lucrative 100- to 149-seat airliner segment with the creasing maximum take-off weight by 10% to 251,000kg have ordered the new plane. plane. (553,000lb) and increasing top range by 3.95% to “This might make people a bit jittery... This is a new The Montreal-based company has announced 177 fi rm 15,800km (8,500nm). market for them. A lot depends upon the confi dence of C Series orders, far short of its target of at least 300 fi rm The movement of the fi rst 787-9 out of the fi nal assem- customers,” said aviation industry expert Richard Abou- orders by the middle of next year. It failed to fi rm up new bly bay comes exactly on the schedule that Boeing fi rst lafi a, a vice-president at consulting fi rm Teal Group. C Series business last month at the Paris Air Show, which proposed for the new variant three years ago. The delay casts new doubt on Bombardier’s ambi- saw splashy news and big orders from its competitors. tious mid-2014 entry-into-service target for the C Series.

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Our fl ight offers fast access to the most popular tour- lywood as early as December. ism and business destination in the United States as well as The announcement of JetBlue’s continued expansion into YORK GLASGOW SERVICE unparalleled connectivity to cities throughout the Americas the region comes as a new Haitian start-up prepares for its United Airlines marked 15 years of nonstop service via our New York hub.” from Glasgow to its New York hub, Newark Liberty Inter- Campbell Mackinnon said: “Since its launch in 1998, United’s Glasgow to Newark service has proved extremely popular with business and leisure passengers alike. Not only JFK AIRPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE does it generate considerable in-bound tourism revenue for Glasgow and Scotland, it allows businesses to access and trade with what is the world’s largest economy. Routes such as this enable Scotland to maintain and increase its global competitiveness and we’re delighted to be able to celebrate this landmark anniversary with United.” UNITED NEW WINGLETS ON 737 A potential aerodynamic retrofi t to United Airlines’ Boe- ing fl eet could save the company more than $200 million in annual fuel costs, the airline said. A United Boeing 737-800, retrofi tted with the company’s JFK Int’l. Airport Chamber of Commerce new “split scimitar winglet” at the ends of its wings made a successful test fl ight in Everett, Wash., the company said in Will hold a commemorative Luncheon at Russo’s on Sep. 10, 2013 a news release. “This advanced winglet improves on the existing blended To celebrate two remarkable milestones: winglets United currently has on its next generation 737 1. The 50th anniversary of the naming of JFK to honor the memory of John fl eet,” the release said. F. Kennedy assassinated in November, 1963 and In January, the company made a commitment to retrofi t 2. The achievement of 50 million passengers to travel through JFK in 2013 its 737-800 fl eet, and last month it announced plans to fol- low suit with the 737-900ER fl eet, the release said. The retrofi t consists of replacing the upturned tip at the Our keynote Luncheon Speaker is David Neeleman, Founder, Chairman and end of the plane’s wings with a “winglet” shaped like a CEO, Azul Airlines and former founder/CEO of jetBlue curved sword known as a scimitar, and by adding a scimitar- Sponsorships are available, take an ad in our Commemorative Journal, sign for the tipped “ventral strake,” or downward-pointing metal piece under the rear of the fuselage, according to the release. luncheon—special rates for tables of 10. FOR DETAILS VISIT OUR WEB SITE: United expects the new split-scimitar winglet to result in WWW.JFK-AIRPORT.ORG OR CALL RUDY AT: 917-945-8888 See Airline News page 17 Airport Press Metro Edition • August 2013 • 17 Airline News From Page 16 our network—and just in time for custom- private employer in Chicago, has been con- ers to enjoy a great summer getaway,” said solidating into Willis its operation from Elk Milagros Uriarte, United’s director, Latin Grove Village and its headquarters at 77 W. America Onshore & Caribbean Sales. Wacker Drive. The fi nal employees to move, about 60 people in the government affairs department, traveled the eight blocks from the former United headquarters building to Willis on Monday, Gebo said. The new location gives United’s facilities people a chance to design work space for how the airline operates today. For example, COURTESY OF LAN Gebo’s real estate group often deals with COURTESY OF UNITED AIRLINES Emilio Rodriguez Larrain, CEO of LAN United’s legal team, so they are now located accepts award on the same fl oor in Willis, she said. approximately a 2 percent fuel savings for As a result of the move, United gave back the 737. Once the winglets are installed on LAN AIRLINES BEST IN to the city of Chicago $5.6 million in tax in- United’s 737, 757, and 767 fl eets, the change COURTESY OF AIRBUS centives, called Tax Increment Financing, is expected to save the airline more than SOUTH AMERICA because the incentive was supposed to be $200 million per year in jet fuel costs, the AMERICAN AIRLINES For second consecutive year by World used at 77 W. Wacker, not Willis. “It’s the release said. TAKES DELIVERY OF Travel Awards right thing to do for the city, so we did give The airline said it will begin retrofi tting For the second consecutive year, the that money back,” Gebo said. its 737-800 and 737-900ER fl eets early next ITS FIRST A320 FAMILY World Travel Awards (WTA) awarded LAN The United sign on 77 W. Wacker, the let- year, once testing and FAA certifi cation of AIRCRAFT Airlines, part of LATAM Airlines Group, in ters and the tulip logo, were auctioned off the winglets are complete. American Airlines took delivery of its fi rst the “Leading Airline in South America” cat- recently for $2,000 and $4,300 respectively, A320 Family aircraft at a special ceremony egory. with proceeds going to a scholarship fund DELTA TO HIRE 300 PILOTS at Airbus facilities in Hamburg, Germany. The WTA, a prestigious award often for United employees. Delta Air Lines said it will hire 300 pilots Teams from American Airlines, Airbus and called the “Oscars of the travel industry”, starting in November, its fi rst pilot hiring CFM International celebrated the fi rst of 260 aims to award excellence across the best since 2010. Airbus single-aisles the airline has selected travel organizations in the world through a Atlanta-based Delta will add 50 pilots per to fl y it into the future. American’s A319s global industrial vote by travel professionals month from November through early 2014, will seat 128 passengers in a two-class con- and consumers. then about 20 per month through September fi guration, and will be used initially on the The award recognizes achievement based 2014, said Delta’s senior vice president of airline’s domestic route network, and then on LAN’s leadership and commitment, the fl ight operations Steve Dickson during a talk into Central America this fall. The aircraft implementation of a clear corporate vision, at an Aero Club of Metro Atlanta luncheon are powered by two CFM56 engines. consistency in their operation, and attentive Thursday. In addition to the delivery being a notable customer service. Good food service, more Delta will take applications through Air- fi rst for American Airlines, this aircraft is the comfortable cabins; best Business Class lineapps.com. very fi rst A319 to feature Sharklets – light- service, technology and entertainment on Pilots who were previously furloughed weight composite wingtip devices that offer board; VIP lounges and the “on-time arriv- will have fi rst dibs on the positions, but not up to 4 percent fuel burn savings, providing als/departures”, are among the categories all are expected to return. Pilots from Delta the fl exibility of either adding 110 nautical considered by the award. TAM AIRLINES Connection carriers Compass and Endeavor miles range or increased payload capability The World Travel Awards South & Cen- INTRODUCES NEW BOEING Air are expected to fi ll some of the positions, of over 1100 pounds (up to 500 kilograms). tral America Gala Ceremony 2013 was held 767 ON RIO ROUTES along with experienced pilots from else- The American A319 is also the 100th A320 at the Huacca Pucllana Temple in Lima, TAM Airlines, part of LATAM Airlines where such as other regional carriers and the Family aircraft produced with Sharklets. Peru where many industry representatives Group, has announced that passengers fl ying U.S. military. Sharklets are an option on all new-build attended. Several LAN executives attended between Rio de Janeiro and London, New A320 Family aircraft, and will be standard the ceremony and LAN Peru President of York or Miami can now enjoy the experi- UNITED TO FLY TO ST. LUCIA equipment on all members of the A320neo the Board of Directors, Emilio Rodríguez ence of being on board the new Boeing 767. FROM NEWARK Family. Larraín, received the award on behalf of the The fi rst aircraft has just started operating “Everything about the new A319 aircraft Company. from London Heathrow and the airline plans United Airlines has launched weekly non- has been designed with the customer at the stop service to St. Lucia from its New York to integrate six new 767s into its fl eet by No- center,” said Virasb Vahidi, American Air- UNITED COMPLETES HQ vember 2013. Each aircraft will contain 221 hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. lines chief commercial offi cer. “The intro- The fl ights, which began on July 13, 2013, MOVE TO WILLIS TOWER seats in total - 30 in Business Class and 191 duction of the A319 is another important in Economy. operate using Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with step in building a strong foundation for the United Continental Holdings, which op- 16 United Business seats, 48 United Econo- erates United Airlines, fi nished its massive The new aircraft means that TAM passen- new American. We’re pleased to be partner- gers can enjoy 180° “full fl at” seats, as well my Plus seats and 90 United Economy seats. ing with Airbus.” three-year move into Willis Tower, becom- United fl ight 1642 departs Newark Lib- ing the biggest tenant in Chicago’s biggest as more space between the seats. In addition, “It’s our great pleasure to welcome back passengers in both Business and Economy erty (EWR) on Saturdays at 8:55 a.m., arriv- American Airlines to the Airbus family,” skyscraper. ing at the Hewanorra International Airport United’s world headquarters now em- classes will have access to a fully upgraded said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Commercial onboard entertainment system boasting 110 (UVF) in St. Lucia at 1:48 p.m. The return Offi cer – Customers. “With its introduction ploys about 4,000 people in the former Sears fl ight, United 1643, departs St. Lucia on Sat- Tower and occupies 830,000 square feet on fi lms and TV series, a wide variety of music of the A320 Family, the airline is demon- and access to an e-Reader platform loaded urdays at 2:38 p.m., arriving in Newark at strating its confi dence in a single-aisle prod- 16 fl oors, taking up a quarter of the building. 7:33 p.m. The service provides convenient “We’re very excited about it,” said Kate with newspapers and magazines. uct that has proven to be a game-changer With the arrival of the new Boeing 767, connections to and from 22 cities in the for airlines around the world. American is Gebo, United’s vice president of corporate United States, including Chicago, Boston real estate. “We started seeing all the ben- the company receives its fi rst Boeing aircraft undertaking a major strategic evolution and with winglets. and Washington, as well as several Canadian we are pleased to watch the A320 Family be- efi ts of being downtown when we were at 77 cities. W. Wacker but, unfortunately, that building These next generation devices are in- coming an integral part of the airline’s future stalled at the ends of the wings to reduce “St. Lucia, United’s 17th destination in success.” wasn’t big enough for our entire operation.” the Caribbean, is a very welcome addition to Since 2010, United, said to be the largest See Airline News page 18 18 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition Airline News From Page 17 fl exibility when connecting to Cathay Pacif- lin to share route codes, the two companies aerodynamic drag and noise, as well as cut- ic’s international cargo network through its said. The deal with Air Berlin, that is 29.21 ting CO2 emissions by up to 4%. Hong Kong hub. percent owned by Etihad, increases the like- To cater for the anticipated high vol- lihood of an equity investment with the fast- umes of auto parts, electronics, garments growing Gulf carrier. PANAMA’S COPA AIRLINES and perishables coming out of Mexico’s Serbia is aiming to offl oad loss-making MAKES TAMPA NEW second largest city, Cathay Pacifi c will oper- state fi rms including JAT, to keep its 2013 DESTINATION ate the new freighter service to Guadalajara budget defi cit at 4.7 percent of output and Copa Airlines announced it will begin twice-weekly using its newest and biggest secure growth of up to 3 percent. Serbia’s nonstop service four times a week from freighter, the Boeing 747-8F offering more Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic Panama to Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 16, 2013. cargo space to meet the growing demand recently said he was hoping for a successful Tampa will be Copa Airlines’ ninth U.S. des- for a wide range of commodities from Latin ture from Ethiopian Airlines, which is con- deal with Etihad, adding that JAT Airways tination and its 66th destination overall. America and the United States to various sidered one of the strongest players on the should be renamed Air Serbia. “Copa Airlines is pleased to offer the points in Asia. continent. “Under the agreement, Air Berlin will fi rst-ever nonstop service between Latin Cathay Pacifi c chief operating offi cer The move is part of Ethiopian Airlines offer... JAT fl ights between Belgrade and America and Tampa Bay, a city with strong Ivan Chu said: “This is the fi rst such freight- plan to assert its continental leadership Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Stutt- commercial ties to Panama, numerous area er service between Hong Kong and Mexico through both direct expansion and through gart under an AB fl ight number,” Wolfgang tourist attractions, and a growing Hispanic and is a very important step in bringing two strategic partnerships. Prock-Schauer, Air Berlin’s chief executive population,” said Joe Mohan, Senior Vice such vibrant economies closer together. It is hoped this will help feed extra traffi c said in a statement. President, Commercial and Planning, Copa into its long-haul network, while simultane- As many as four million Serbs are liv- Airlines. AIR CHINA CONNECTS ously drawing in traffi c from rivals in the ing and working in Germany and the deal region. would secure them better connection with HOUSTON AND BEIJING Belgrade, JAT’s CEO Velibor Vukasinovic EASYJET PLANS Air China has launched its four weekly said in the statement. LIVERPOOL AIRPORT nonstop services between Beijing Capital HUNGARIANS TO LAUNCH EXPANSION International Airport in Beijing, China and NEW AIRLINE IN AUGUST IBERIA LAUNCHES PRINT- EasyJet and Liverpool John Lennon Air- George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Three Hungarian businessmen backed by Houston, Texas. AT-HOME LUGGAGE TAGS port have confi rmed the signing of a new Middle East investors plan to launch a new The future of self-service bag drop – tra- nine year agreement that will see the contin- With the launch of the nonstop service, Budapest-based full-service airline to plug a Houston becomes Air China’s fi fth gateway ditional, home-printed or permanent bag ued expansion of the low-cost carrier from market gap left by the collapse of fl ag carrier tags? the location. EasyJet have also announced in North America, joining Los Angeles, Malev last year. New York, San Francisco and Vancouver. Airlines and airports are investing more the addition of a new destination from JLA, Solyom (Falcon) Hungarian Airways ex- than ever before in innovative bag tag solu- with fl ights to Larnaca Airport in Cyprus Air China will operate inside Terminal D pects to operate six planes by the end of Sep- at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, tions, including bag drop and home-printed starting this winter. The airline is also cel- tember and grow its fl eet to 25 aircraft by the and permanent tags. ebrating its inaugural fl ights to Newquay Houston’s gateway for all foreign carriers. end of 2014 and 50 by 2017, including 10 “As the only airline that provides direct For any airport or airline intent on im- and Nantes. wide-body jets capable of long haul fl ights. proving their passenger experience, baggage This new contract will enable EasyJet to connection between Houston and the south Solyom chief executive Jozsef Vago gave no central region of the United States and China is one of the issues that must be towards the look at new route opportunities to grow their details of its routes but forecast rapid expan- top of the agenda. According to SITA’s Bag- business from JLA over the long term, build- via Beijing, we are honored to be the cul- tural, social and economic bridge between gage Report 2013, 8.83 bags per 1,000 were ing on their already well-established Liver- mishandled in 2012. Although signifi cant pool base. our two great destinations. This new service demonstrates Air China’s commitment to improvements have been made – the mis- Ali Gayward, commercial manager, easy- handled rate has dropped 44.5% in the last Jet, said: “Liverpool was one of EasyJet’s expanded connectivity for the mutual ben- efi ts of our countries and people,” Ms. Yinx- six years – the industry still faces the prob- original bases and remains one of our largest lem of having almost nine unhappy custom- bases in Europe. iang Wang, Co-Chairwoman of Air China Limited stated. ers out every 1,000. Houston and Beijing have enjoyed a In the last few months, exciting devel- CATHAY PACIFIC ENTERS strong relationship for several decades. Chi- opments have been made, with the likes of LATIN AMERICA MARKET na’s paramount leader, the late Deng Xiaop- Billund Airport and Iberia adopting home- printed bag tags, Edinburgh Airport becom- FOR FIRST TIME ing, visited Houston during his historic trip sion into the Middle East, North Africa and to the United States in 1979. ing the fi rst UK airport to make common-use Cathay Pacifi c Airways has announced it ex-Soviet states. bag drop available and British Airways start- will launch its fi rst ever destination in Latin Budget airlines including Wizz Air and ing a trial of permanent bag tags. America with a new scheduled freighter ser- NEW AFRICAN AIRLINE Ryanair have picked up some of Malev’s Gardner and her team have also rec- vice to Guadalajara, Mexico in last quarter TAKES OFF IN MALAWI destinations from Budapest while other cit- ognized an issue with the tags, which will of 2013, subject to government approval. The government of Malawi and African ies are not served Peter Morris, an aero- now be addressed to improve the system. As With this new service, Cathay Pacifi c powerhouse Ethiopian Airlines have fi nal- space expert at Ascend Aviation in London, some passengers are having trouble attach- will be the fi rst and only airline operating ized the creation of a new national airline in said a new carrier would have a hard time ing the tags without assistance, new tags are a freighter service linking Hong Kong and the Southern African country, called Mala- fi lling planes against established competi- being developed, which should make attach- Mexico. wian Airlines. tors in both the full-service and the budget ing the tags simpler. The new freighter destination will pro- Offi cials in Addis Ababa confi rmed the segments. vide shippers with greater choice and more government of Malawi will hold a 51 per Vago said Solyom was focused on fi lling cent stake in new carrier, with Ethiopian the gap left by Malev. Airlines holding the remaining shares. Ne- gotiations had been ongoing for months as JAT AGREES MARKETING replaced the collapsed Air Malawi with a ALLIANCE WITH AIR new professionally managed national airline supported by a strong partner. BERLIN After ASKY in West Africa, Malawian Serbia’s loss-making JAT Airways has Airlines will be the second such joint ven- secured a marketing alliance with Air Ber- Airport Press Metro Edition • August 2013 • 19 Security News AIRLINES FOR AMERICAS Airlines for America (A4A) the indus- online. Additionally, TSA will open enroll- development for U.S. airlines and their try trade organization for the leading U.S. ment centers at Dulles International Airport passengers,” said A4A President and CEO APPLAUDS TSA’S PRE- airlines, applauded the U.S. Department and Indianapolis International Airport, with Nicholas E. Calio. “Further expansion of the CHECK PROGRAM of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) plan to more enrollment sites expected to be added Pre✓™ program will enable more domestic Says DHS expansion of TSA’s Pre✓™ expand the TSA Pre✓™ program, allow- nationwide. travelers to benefi t from expedited screening program will expedite security screen- ing more domestic travelers to benefi t from “As partners with the DHS and TSA, we procedures, which is a key component in en- ing for more domestic travelers, en- expedited security screening procedures. are fully supportive of increased risk-based hancing the overall travel experience.” Later this year, U.S. citizens will be eligi- measures that enhance security and passen- hance the overall travel experience ble to begin the Pre✓™ enrollment process ger screening effi ciency – this is a welcome Names in the News FLYBE NAMES SAAD advantages, I look forward to leading Flybe Group, DHL and Maersk. the position since 1999. Fernandez has been into a new and exciting era.” “Nils has a profound knowledge of the offered “a substantial continuing role” with HAMMAD AS CEO air cargo and logistics industry and a proven TIACA. UK regional Flybe has appointed Saad track-record, and he will play a vital role in Brittin, who currently is Division Di- Hammad as CEO, splitting the combined further developing the global cargo busi- rector, Air Cargo at TSA headquarters in role of chairman and CEO, which was pre- ness,” Per H. Utnegaard, group president & Arlington, Va., has more than 33 years of viously held by CEO of Swissport International, said. experience in the transportation, logistics Jim French. and government sectors. His responsi- “This fol- AMERICAN EAGLE bilities with TSA included all cargo carrier lows on from programs, development of risk-based secu- Flybe’s stated PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED rity programs, and management of the Divi- intention to American Eagle president and CEO sion’s $122 million annual budget. split the roles of Dan Garton sent a letter announcing Pedro Brittin, a graduate of the University of chairman and Fábregas as the new president of American Denver, previously held executive level CEO, as stated Eagle Airlines. sales, marketing and operational positions at the time of Fábregas is currently Senior Vice Presi- with BAX Global, Panalpina, Emery and the IPO,” Flybe dent of Customer Services at American Menlo Worldwide. He also has experience said in a stock Eagle. “The growth of our ground handling in the rail and trucking sectors. In 2007, he market disclo- Nils Pries Knudsen business under Pedro’s leadership has been Saad Hammad joined TSA as Air Cargo Manager, where he sure. French phenomenal,” Garton said in his letter. was responsible for the development of the will become SWISSPORT PICKS “Our ground handling business with Certifi ed Cargo Screening Program, as well non-executive chairman from Aug. 1. BATTEN’S REPLACEMENT other airlines has more than doubled since as policy, forwarder programs and screening Hammad, who will also take on his new Nils Pries Knudsen has been chosen as 2012, and we have been able to add more technology development. role on Aug. 1, is currently managing direc- head of global cargo services at Swissport than 1,600 new team members since he as- tor of private equity fi rm Gores Group. He is International. sumed this role in 2011. These numbers are a former non-executive director of Air Ber- Knudsen brings more than 30 years of impressive, but more impressive are the op- lin and easyJet chief operating offi cer. international logistics and transport industry portunities for growth he has created for the Flybe credits Hammad as “the architect experience to the ground services provider. people of American Eagle.” Garton will be and driving force behind the airline’s com- He joined Swissport International in January leaving the company when the merger is mercial transformation, delivering signifi - 2009 as senior vice president cargo – Europe completed. cant revenue growth and margin enhance- and will maintain this role until further no- ment and creating the European network, tice. TIACA NAMES BRITTIN AS which formed the basis of building easyJet Knudsen is replacing John Batten, who into one of Europe’s most successful air- NEW SECRETARY GENERAL will leave his Swissport position Aug. 31. lines,” according to a company statement. The International Air Cargo Associa- Batten is joining Coyne Airways as manag- Hammad said Flybe is making “excellent tion (TIACA) has appointed transportation ing director. progress on its turnaround plan. The busi- industry veteran Douglas Brittin as its new Before joining Swissport, Knudsen held ness is once again ‘fi t to compete’ and, with Secretary General, effective Aug. 15. He various senior positions with SAS Cargo Douglas Brittin further opportunities to drive its competitive replaces Daniel Fernandez, who had held

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PORT AUTHORITY HOSTS ANNUAL CUSTOMER CARE AWARDS he Port Authority recently held its eighth Annual Cus- agement, the overall developer for Terminal 5; and T5 also tomer Care Awards Luncheon at each of the area’s won for Best Overall Experience. Tthree airport facilities, so that in addition to our em- Award for Best Performance by a Port Authority ployees, we could include more of our partners and members Contractor: Condition and Cleanliness –was given to Cris- of the community in recognizing the outstanding service ti Cleaning, for maintenance of JFK’s parking lots. they provide to the millions of customers passing throughout Award for best Performance by a Port Authority Con- our airport system each year. tractor: Customer Care -went to the Gateway Customer The fi rst of these award luncheons took place June 21, Care representative Program. 2013, at Newark Liberty International Airport where Ralph Employee of the Year Award: Consistency in Service Tragale, Assistant Director for Customer, Industry, and Ex- - was given to Brigitte DeBaptiste of Parking Services; a ternal Affairs and Susan Baer, retiring Director of Aviation secondary award went to Michael McGlyn of the Taxi Dis- were joined by the airport’s then General Manager Huntley patch Program. Lawrence and Deputy Jim Heitmann in presenting awards to Employee of the Year Award: Above and Beyond –went the winners in the following categories: to Justin Levow, who personally returned a departing pas- senger’s keys to his family when other delivery services Newark Liberty International Airport were unavailable; a secondary award went to British Air- Shown here from left, JFK Deputy General Manager Award for Best Concessions – went to concessions ways employee Joan Blackett-King, who assisted a stranded Jeffrey Pearse, the JFK Customer Care Trainer award developer Westfi eld for the eighth consecutive year, for its passenger with an infant by enlisting her own family to help recipient Angel Santana, JFK General Manager Jerry wide variety of retail and refreshment choices in Terminal C. fi nd a special baby formula that was in short supply. Spampanato, and recently retired Director of Aviation Award for Best Performance by a Port Authority Con- The fi nal award -was presented to Customer Care Train- Susan Baer. tractor: Condition and Cleanliness – was given to Modern er Angel Santana, who has trained over 40,000 employees at Facilities Services, for cleaning and maintaining the parking JFK. lots at Newark Liberty. Award for best Performance by a Port Authority Con- LaGuardia Airport tractor: Customer Care - was presented to Gateway Taxi The LaGuardia Airport awards luncheon was held June Dispatch. 28, 2013; Ralph Tragale and Susan Baer were joined by then Employee of the Year Award: Consistency in Service LaGuardia General Manager Thomas Bosco (Mr. Bosco has –went to Customer Care representative David Chimwalla; recently been named the Interim Director of Aviation for the a secondary award went to Sayed Hussein, of Ruby’s Diner Port Authority in the wake of Ms. Baer announcing her re- in Terminal C. tirement) and Deputy General Manager Lysa Scully to pres- Employee of the Year Award: Above and Beyond –was ent awards in the following categories: awarded to a team of TSA employees who came to the aid of a passenger suffering from a seizure and a head wound. Award for Best Concessions: went to OTG Manage- Offi cers Lynch, Ciaravino, and Bras alerted PAPD and stabi- ment as overall concession developer for Terminal D. lized the passenger until the ambulance arrived; a secondary Award for Best Performance by a Port Authority award was given to United Airlines employee Sawdine Jo- Contractor: Condition and Cleanliness –was given to Cristi lie, who befriended a young man whose mother had passed Cleaning for maintenance of LaGuardia’s parking lots. Shown here from left, former Newark Liberty General away on an arriving fl ight. After learning that the young man Award for Best Performance by a Port Authority Manager Huntley Lawrence (Mr. Lawrence has recently was to graduate from college the next day, Jolie attended his Contractor: Customer Care- was presented to the Gateway commencement. Customer Care representative Program. been named the Interim Deputy Director of Aviation for The fi nal award –does not have a particular category, but Employee of the Year Award: Consistency in Service the Port Authority), Newark Liberty’s Employee of the was presented to Newark Liberty Customer Care Trainer Er- –went to Zura Krikheli of I-Tech in Terminal B; a secondary Year David Chimwalla, and recently retired Port Authority ick Graves for his outstanding contribution to our Customer award was presented to CCR Khazrah Nazir. Director of Aviation Susan Baer. Care program. Employee of the Year Award: Above and Beyond -went to Judy James, Sunai Choi of NYC Airporter, and Customer John F. Kennedy International Airport Care repsentative Alicia Chapman, who helped a stranded The awards luncheon at John F. Kennedy International couple from Korea get to PABT after their fl ight was can- Airport took place June 25, 2013; Ralph Tragale and Susan celled due to bad weather; a secondary award went to taxi Baer, along with JFK General Manager Jerry Spampanato dispatchers Bobby Mejias and Roberto Encarnacion, who and Deputy General Manager Jeffrey Pearse presented the called for medical assistance after a passenger collapsed. following awards: They stayed on scene until an ambulance arrived. The fi nal award –was presented to Customer Care Train- Award for Friendliest Terminal –went to Terminal 5 for er James Franklin, who has trained about 6,000 employees the second year in a row; T5 also won Best Terminal for at LGA. Condition and Cleanliness. Above, LaGuardia Gateway Group One Customer Care Award for Best International Arrivals Experience – Congratulations to all our winners and thank you for your program recipients of the “Best Performance by a Port was presented to the Customs and Border Protection staff outstanding commitment to providing excellent care to our Authority Contractor” award along with Thomas Bosco airport customers! at Terminal 7. (fourth from left) and the airport’s Deputy General Award for Best Concessions –went went to OTG Man- Manager Lysa Scully (fourth from right). 24 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition

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