CONTENTS
Director General Angela Gittens
Chair Yiannis Paraschis ( Athens , Greece )
Vice Chair Fredrick J Piccolo ( Sarasota , USA )
Immediate Past Chair Max Moore-Wilton ( Sydney , Australia )
Treasurer Louis E Miller ( Atlanta , USA )
ACI WORLD GOVERNING BOARD DIRECTORS
Africa ( 3 ) Dalil Guendouz ( Casablanca , Morocco ) Pascal Komla ( Lomé , Togo ) Robinson Misitala ( Livingstone , Zambia )
Asia-Pacific ( 8 ) Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ) VP Agrawal ( Delhi , India ) Ghanem Al-Hajri ( Sharjah , UAE ) HH Prince Turki Faisal Al Saud ( Jeddah , Saudi Arabia ) Dennis Chant ( Gold Coast , Australia ) Zhiyi Dong ( Beijing , China ) CW Lee ( Incheon , South Korea ) Kosaburo Morinaka ( Tokyo , Japan )
Europe ( 7 ) Declan Collier ( Dublin , Ireland ) Michael Kerkloh ( Munich , Germany ) Yiannis Paraschis ( Athens , Greece ) Tonci Peovic ( Zagreb , Croatia ) Ad Rutten ( Amsterdam , Holland ) Stefan Schulte ( Frankfurt , Germany ) José-Manuel Vargas ( Madrid , Spain )
Latin America & Caribbean ( 3 ) Philippe Baril ( Quito , Ecuador ) Fernando Bosque ( Guadalajara , Mexico ) Héctor Navarrete Muñoz ( Merida , Mexico )
North America ( 7 ) Thella Bowens ( San Diego , USA ) David Edwards ( Greenville , USA ) Frank Miller ( San Antonio , USA ) Reg K Milley ( Edmonton , Canada ) Fredrick J Piccolo ( Sarasota , USA ) Mark Reis ( Seattle , USA ) Maureen Riley ( Salt Lake City , USA )
Regional Advisers to the
World Governing Board ( 7 ) Larry Cox ( Memphis , USA ) Stephen Gichuki ( Nairobi , Kenya ) Seow Hiang Lee ( Singapore ) Bongani Maseko ( Johannesburg , South Africa ) Barry Rempel ( Winnipeg , Canada ) Earl Richards ( Jamaica ) Miguel Southwell ( Miami , USA )
Observer World Business Partner Board Chairperson Randy Pope ( Burns & McDonnell )
Correct as of February 20 , 2013
34 Turning the corner
Daniel Fernandez , secretary general of The International Air Cargo Association ( TIACA ), reflects on a challenging operating environment for the industry and the prospect of a more positive year ahead .
37 ACI cargo trends
ACI projects global air cargo traffic to grow by a modest 3.6 % per annum until 2017 .
38 Tough times
Martin Roebuck takes a closer look at the challenges and opportunities facing a handful of cargo focused airports in Europe and North America .
42 Easy flow
Are airports doing enough to develop multi-modal supply chains for cargo ? Ian Putzger investigates .
45 Cargo news
A round-up of the latest news from across the globe .
47 Traffic trends : 2012 cargo statistics
ACI ’ s preliminary data for 2012 reveals a contrasting year for airports .
48 Upwards trend
An increasing number of airports are investing in vertical gardens and living walls to create a unique setting , make themselves more environmentally friendly and , even grow their own food , writes Robin Stone .
50 Access all areas
Foster + Partners CEO , Mouzhan Majidi , talks about the importance of planning airports with user-friendly , integrated transport links and the potential benefits of the proposed Thames Estuary Airport in the UK .
54 Time for a re-think ?
Exambela Consulting ’ s David Feldman argues that airport leaders may need to adapt business strategies to concentrate more on the mid-term for their gateways to thrive in an age of uncertainty .
AIRPORT WORLD / FEBRUARY-MARCH 2013
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