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MAGAZINE www.aaae.org/magazine | December/January 2007 terminal design’s NEW ORDER parking update weather science EDS Integration Has Never Been This Easy. STANDALONE TAKE-AWAY SIMPLE IN-LINE INTEGRATED IN-LINE Certified for Security, Next Generation EDS Designed for Flexibility. • Smallest, Lightest EDS in Production Small, portable and TSA certified, the Reveal • Rolls into Terminal CT-80 improves airport operations and passenger security by bringing EDS to any location. Upgrade your • Operational in Hours, Not Months security to explosives detection at the check-in counter, on • Minimal or No Facility Modification Required the take-away belt, as part of the baggage handling system • Easily Moved to Other Locations in Airport or in any other location with Reveal’s plug and play EDS. www.revealimaging.com 100% Check-In Protection Volume 18/ Number 7 | December/January 2007 MAGAZINE features cover: architecture EDITORIAL BOARD WILLIAM G. BARKHAUER A New Order In Terminal Design | 24 Morristown, New Jersey The focus of airport design is shifting away from the ticket hall and toward the BRYAN ELLIOTT 24 Charlottesville, Virginia concourses, with security issues and technology dominating trends. BILL HOGAN Reynolds, Smith, & Hills JAMES E. JOHNSON Construction On The Fly | 32 Odessa, Florida Okaloosa Regional was planning a new passenger terminal when 9/11 struck. RANDY D. POPE The redesigned, award-winning project opened under budget and ahead Burns & McDonnell 38 of schedule. AAAE BOARD OF DIRECTORS parking update CHAIR ELAINE ROBERTS, Columbus, Ohio Parking’s Possibilities | 38 FIRST VICE CHAIR Technology, novel approaches, and time-tested efforts are helping airports profit KRYS T. BART, Reno, Nevada 50 from on-airport parking. SECOND VICE CHAIR JAMES P. ELWOOD, Aspen, Colorado weather science SECRETARY/TREASURER JOHN K. DUVAL, Boston, Massachusetts Improving Aviation Through Weather Science | 50 FIRST PAST CHAIR TSA’s proposed cargo security rules won’t change much at airports, but what R. LOWELL PRATTE, Louisville, Kentucky does get altered could affect the entire freight supply chain. SECOND PAST CHAIR WILLIAM G. BARKHAUER, Morristown, New Jersey BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEPHEN J. ADAMS, JR., Manchester, New Hampshire departments LORI L. BECKMAN, Denver, Colorado JAMES E. BENNETT, Washington, D.C. RANDALL D. BERG, Salt Lake City, Utah Inner Marker 8 BENJAMIN R. DECOSTA, Atlanta, Georgia Up Front 10 KEVIN A. DILLON, Manchester, New Hampshire BRYAN O. ELLIOTT, Charlottesville, Virginia Corporate Outlook 20 LINDA G. FRANKL, Columbus, Ohio Executive View 22 MICHAEL J. HANEY, Moline, Illinois GARY L. JOHNSON, Stillwater, Oklahoma Retail Spotlight 44 PAULA JORDAN, DFW Airport, Texas Market Scan 46 ALEX M. KASHANI, Washington, D.C. PARKER W. MCCLELLAN, Orlando, Florida Airport Tech 49 MICHAEL A. MUSCA, Modesto, California Airport Spotlight 52 ROBERT P. OLISLAGERS, Englewood, Colorado JEANNE M. OLIVIER, New York, New York General Aviation 54 LISA A. PYLES, Addison, Texas Billboard 56 GARY T. RICE, Santa Maria, California Plane Sight 57 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS Advertisers’ Index 58 MIKE D. SHAHAN, Denison, Texas ALVIN L. STUART, Salt Lake City, Utah ROD A. DINGER, Redding, California DAVID N. EDWARDS, Fletcher, North Carolina THOMAS M. RAFTER, Hammonton, New Jersey CHARLES J. GOODWIN, Columbus, Ohio POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE THELLA F. BOWENS, San Diego, California MARK P. BREWER, Warwick, Rhode Island coming in Airport Magazine TIMOTHY L. CAMPBELL, Baltimore, Maryland CHERYL COHEN-VADER, Denver International Airport Baggage/passenger screening update (April/May) LARRY D. COX, Memphis, Tennessee ALFONSO DENSON, Birmingham, Alabama Wildlife Trends (June/July) KEVIN C. DOLLIOLE, St. Louis, Missouri KENT G. GEORGE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MICHAEL A. GOBB, Lexington, Kentucky CHARLES J. ISDELL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania THOMAS R. JARGIELLO, Fort Lauderdale, Florida THOMAS J. KINTON, JR., Boston, Massachusetts DAVID KRIETOR, Phoenix, Arizona Cover Photo: Dallas/Fort Worth Airport LYNN F. KUSY, Mesa, Arizona Cover Design: Seung Hee Lee ERIN M. O’DONNELL, Chicago, Illinois MORTON V. PLUMB, Anchorage, Alaska MARK M. REIS, Seattle, Washington LESTER W. ROBINSON, Detroit, Michigan JAMES R. SMITH, Newport News, Virginia PRESIDENT CHARLES M. BARCLAY, Alexandria, Virginia it’s a comfort to know We’re quietly behind the scenes making airports more secure. You can rely on Honeywell’s security solutions to help solve core operating issues. We provide a single, expert source for your fire detection, environmental controls and security needs. Our systems can be found anywhere in the airport. And easily work together or as a stand-alone solution. Everything is built around making you and your travelers feel comfortable and secure—and that’s a good feeling to know. Go ahead and put our sixty years of aviation experience to work for you. For more information, call 1-800-728-1187 or visit www.honeywell.com/homelandsecurity ©2006 Honeywell International Inc. All rights reserved. im inner marker PT: Where RT Meets Opportunity he Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) benefit every time a traveler rolled through our doesn’t have a checkpoint wait-time issue at airport? Preferred Traveler, or PT, was born. Tits crown jewel, Jacksonville International Jacksonville’s program, built and managed by Airport. Among the things JAA does have, howev- local company Vigilant Solutions, offers three lev- er, some creative, business-savvy staff members, a els of membership: Silver, Gold, and Platinum. The solid core of business travelers in its market, and— basic PT Silver membership is $149.99 per year and like most airport stewards—a need to boost rev- offers access to the special checkpoint lane. The enues without soaking its prime tenants. Gold level, at $249.99, is where the creativity kicks All of which makes Jacksonville an ideal—albeit in. Here, members get Silver benefits plus use of unlikely—early adopter of Registered Traveler (RT). special exit lanes from hourly and daily parking While many focus on what RT doesn’t get you— garages and a transponder that allows for automat- TSA’s front-of-the-line checkpoint protocols, like ic billing of parking fees to a credit card. With the removing laptops and shoes, are the same for RT Platinum level, members pay $349.99 per year and members and regular Joes—JAA embraced what it get all lower-level benefits plus use of a dedicated does offer. Namely, an opportunity for an airport to airside lounge, slated to open in mid-2007. offer something of value to its most loyal cus- At first glance, PT’s pricing jumps out as being, tomers—and generate revenue in the process. well, somewhat pricey, especially stacked up Most travel-related benefits that passengers get against Orlando’s $99 flat rate. But comparing PT to are tied to the carriers they fly, not the airports they other RT programs isn’t apples-to-apples. A better use. Airline clubs, first-class check-ins, and even barometer may be looking at airline club member- “premier passenger” checkpoint lines for first- and ships. For example, access to Delta’s Crown Rooms business-class ticket holders—in each case, pas- costs as much as $400 per year. But, unlike PT, pay- sengers are beholden to airlines, not airports. ing Delta (or any airline) won’t get you any benefits About 30 carriers serve Jacksonville. Only at the checkpoint, in the garages, or at other RT air- one—Delta—has an airline club at the airport. ports. (Jacksonville plans to be part of the TSA’s Such an arrangement wouldn’t be so bad if every- interoperable RT network, which gives members of body flew Delta out of Jacksonville, but that’s far any airport’s program the basic checkpoint-related from the case. According to DOT data, in the 12 benefits at all participating airports.) months ended August 31, 2006, Delta wasn’t It’s still early; PT doesn’t officially roll out until even the airport’s top carrier—Southwest had early 2007. But the returns thus far are encouraging that honor. In fact, more than 81 percent of (see related story, page 10) . Jacksonville’s 2.92 million enplaned passengers RT programs aren’t for every airport. But airports in that one-year stretch opted to fly someone that think they don’t need RT because they don’t besides Delta. And therein is where JAA sees its have long waits at their checkpoints may want to business opportunity. think again—and keep an eye on Jacksonville. Led by JAA Enterprise Division President Bing Parkinson, the authority studied the emerging RT programs, notably Orlando’s effort. It also looked When I left my post as editor of this magazine in May, I at a bare-bones RT program’s inherent drawback: said I was grateful to have served the airport community. namely, minus a less-rigorous set of TSA proto- I’m even more grateful to be back in the saddle. Drop me cols at an RT checkpoint (laptops stay in bags, a line and let me know how we can make Airport shoes on feet, water in bottles, etc.) RT programs Magazine more useful to you. are more like insurance policies than amenity programs. No long security line, no benefit. 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