The Latest Airport Information INSIDEMSYMSYMSY SPRING 2010 VOL. 7 NO. 1 - A NEWSLETTER FOR EMPLOYEES AT LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ○○○○○○ New Director of Aviation at the Helm ○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○
Frontier Airlines Returns to MSY Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad assumed his duties as the new Director of On May 20, new non-stop service ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Currently, without non-stop service, 102 Aviation of Louis Armstrong New was launched via Midwest Airlines on a people per day each way travel between Orleans International Airport on 76 seat Embraer 170 aricraft. Midwest Kansas City and New Orleans. The daily Monday, May 24. He was previously Airlines is part of Republic Holding who flight to Kansas City is scheduled to depart the director of the Dayton also operates as Frontier Airlines, Frontier New Orleans each morning at 11:35 a.m. International Airport in Ohio. Airlines dba Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Republic Airlines dba Midwest In June, Frontier Airlines will Mr. Ahmad was selected by Airlines, Lynx Aviation or Chautauqua resume their daily non-stop direct to the New Orleans Aviation Board from Airlines dba Midwest Connect. Republic Denver. This Frontier flight also represents among six finalists for the job. A has announced that the joint branding and a return of air service lost to Hurricane national search was conducted to fill marketing efforts for all three airline names Katrina. We say “Welcome Back” to the position. He has an extensive (Frontier, Midwest, Republic) will become everyone with Frontier.
background in management of large, one: FRONTIER. The Frontier name was ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ medium and small hubs as well as selected because it showed “greater AirTran Airways general aviation airports and capital growth potential”. The co-branding will improvement and programming. be completed by 2011 with Midwest and Announces New Service Frontier airline systems integrated as early to New Orleans Mr. Ahmad has a Masters as this fall. New non-stop service from of Civil Engineering and a Bachelors New Orleans to Milwaukee will begin of Civil Engineering from Oklahoma The Midwest Airlines’ Kansas October 7, 2010. The AirTran Airways State University. He also possesses City announcement represents a return of announcement will increase their daily Professional Engineer’s (PE) licenses air service lost to Hurricane Katrina. non-stop destinations from New both in Texas and Tennessee. Kansas City is ranked 5th in cities by Orleans to three. demand without non-stop service. Airport Construction Moving Along The $400 million Capital ○○○○○○○○○ Improvement Program continues to move forward with a number of projects in the CONRAC construction phase. Late last fall, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new nearly $10 million Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Station took place. At the present, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ the steel structure is being erected.
Ongoing is the $36 million phased Apron Rehabilitation which also got underway last fall. On March 11, the KickOff Ceremony for the Expansion of Concourse D was held. This project originally began in Katrina hit the area. This $33 million project 2003. All was put on hold after Hurricane will produce close to 1,000 construction jobs.
Additionally, the long awaited restroom renovations and installation of new FIDS monitors are underway and the next big celebration will take place June 24. This is the scheduled date for the groundbreaking of the Another happy MSY passenger new Consolidated Rental Car Facility thanks to great customer service! (CONRAC). Construction will begin this Keep up the good work everyone. month on the almost $100 million project, housing a three-level rental car garage with
over 1,500 parking spaces, which is ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Groundbreaking ceremony for the scheduled to be opened in 2012. DID YOU KNOW? new Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Construction of the facility will provide over DID YOU KNOW? Station 2,600 jobs. Check out this airport information for more detail at www.flymsy.com Follow MSY on Facebook Now you can follow what is NOAB happening at MSY on Facebook. See what others have to say about our his- EMPLOYEE NEWS toric landmark. Thanks to the New Orleans Construction Passenger Impact Aviation Board employees who sup- Very soon, work will begin on ported the Annual March of Dimes’ changing the interior of the airport. This March for Babies in Metairie, while means that ticket counters and various braving the rain. The walk was Satur- services may be relocated either tempo- day, April 24 at 9 a.m. The walkers rarily or permanently. Please be prepared were: Lavanda Smith, Freda Pictured are Sebastian Taylor and his Richardson, Deanna Felder, Carmen to assist our passengers during the sons for the March for Babies Robinson, Felicia Aguillard, Mary facelift with directions and information. Riddle, Brenda Johnson, Alosia Jo- We want to reduce the inconvenience to seph, Dooley Gray, Diana Bell, Den- our traveling public as much as possible. nis Griffin, Lynette Smith, Taylor Wil- For the lastest updates, please reference liams, Sebastin Taylor, Timothy Tay- the website. lor, Christian Taylor, Jerry Patrick, Pat
Malone, Don Mauras, Maggie Woo- ○○○○○○○○○○ Recognition of the AVCOM Congrats to Carmen Robinson, druff, Carol Lowe, Tracy Tyler, Communications Dispatch Staff from the Accounting Department Courtney Thornton, Tom Moore, Wil- In 2009, AVCOM handled over on the arrival of her baby girl, liam Dannell, Bob Gebrian, and Mae 46,000 events and answered thousands Simone Kayla! She was born March Bradley. Lavanda Smith served as of information calls. Events range from 17, weighing in at 8.8 lbs, 21 inches Captain. aircraft alerts to calls for medical assis- tance.