Today Airports and Airlines are anticipating a return to the stable and successful growth that defined the last two decades. Although, industry analysts are predicting stronger passenger volumes, for both Airports and Airlines in the next decade. The travel industry has only just become seriously aware of the economic and financial power, to be gained from the "Aerotropolis" concept and the increase of passenger Air Travel in the next decade.

According to the Airports Council International (ACI), its current member airports will see passenger numbers grow from 3.1 billion in 1999 to 4.6 billion in 2020. In addition, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) predict that between 2006-2010 airlines will experience the highest traffic growth in emerging and large population Regions; with the United States being the most profitable of all Global Regions.

In short, the global transportation industry is going through a major international and economic re-engineering process. In essence, Airports and Airlines have committed their resources towards the establishment and development of various strategies, e.g.; "City Airports to Airport Cities," "Strategies for Future Funding," "Financing and Project Development," "Environmental Safety," "Airport and Airline Partnerships," "Strategic Branding," "Integrated Security," "Infrastructure and Engineering," "Cargo, Freight and Just-in-Time Manufacturing in Airport City Development," "New Aircrafts/Routes," "Enhancing Customer Service," and many others.

Airport Innovations (AI):
Airport Cities focus; is solely devoted to providing the Global Transportation Industry (Airports/Airlines), with Global information, Best- in- Practice Industry Strategies and Case Studies from all over the world, to facilitate the re-engineer process of Airports into Airport Cities (Aerotropolis) and Airlines into world-class enterprises.

By directly reaching 35,000 (largest in the industry) global transportation decision makers. Airport Innovation section on Airport Cities will be a major focus of the Airport Innovation Publication/Report. Airport Cities will outline, showcase and highlight leading edge corporations, responsive economic leadership and industry experts. In addition, some of the topics to be discussed in the April 2007 issue will include:


Recipient Job Titles
Airport Innovation has a controlled and BPA audited circulation of 35,000 copies per issue to key decision makers in the U.S. and Internationally.

C-Level Executive Management
Airport/Airline; Chairmen, Chief Executive Officers, Deputy Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Outsourcing Officers, Chief of Strategic Planning,, Chief of Airport Security, Chief of Airline Security, Chief Revenue Officers, Chief Telecommunications Officers, Chief Strategy Development Officers and many more.

Managers & Directors
Managing Directors of Capital Markets Development, Heads of Fleet Planning, Heads of Global Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Real Estate, Directors of Funding and Investments, Airport City Project Managers, Heads of Banking and Finance, Heads of Asset Management, Directors of Leasing Activities, Heads of Aircraft Finance, Directors of Corporate Insurance, Directors of Finance, Senior Vice Presidents of Finance and Treasury, Vice Presidents of Alliances and Regulatory Affairs, Vice Presidents of Marketing Development and Support, Heads of Group Security, Heads of Business Development, Heads of Airport Planning and Construction, Heads of Operations and many others.

John D. Kasarda is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Management and Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Dr. Kasarda has published more than 80 scholarly articles and nine books on aviation infrastructure, logistics, economic development, competitiveness, and commercial real estate. He is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, and international media. Dr. Kasarda has offered numerous executive programs on air logistics, airport cities, firm siting, and global supply-chain management to multinational firms such as FedEx, Lufthansa, DHL, Thai Airways International, Caterpillar Logistics, Prudential Real Estate, Bank of America and Deloitte & Touche and has been an advisor to airports around the globe. Under his leadership, the Kenan Institute was named the world's top air logistics educational institution by The International Air Cargo Association for its work on airports and industrial development.

Dr. Kasarda received his B.S. and M.B.A. (with Distinction) from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. He has been the recipient of many grants and awards from such organizations as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, World Bank, National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, the United Nations Development Program, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Kasarda has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his research on airport-driven economic development and a Senior Fellow and Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. He is considered the leading developer of the Aerotropolis concept defining the roles of aviation and airports in shaping 21st century business competitiveness and urban growth.

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Ms. Paula Hochstetler is President of the Airport Consultants Council (ACC), the international trade association based in the Washington, D.C. area that represents the unique interests of consultant firms and related businesses that provide airport development and operations expertise to airports, airlines and government agencies.

Since joining ACC in 1994, she has attended to the interests of member firms in both the governmental and commercial arenas. Her activities include authoring articles for a variety of publications, presenting testimony before the US Congress, giving presentations at many government and private sector events, and co-chairing technical committees and working groups engaged in the development of technical industry standards.

Prior to joining ACC, Ms. Hochstetler spent 14 years planning airports worldwide. She advised the leadership of major hub as well as general aviation airports on environmental, land use, airfield, terminal, capacity, forecast, and funding issues. In her last major assignment before joining the ACC she spent nine months in Hong Kong finalizing plans for the new Hong Kong International Airport.

Ms. Hochstetler holds both bachelor and masters degrees from Purdue University, and is the incoming President of the Aero Club of Washington.

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Nancy Dorighi chairs the FAA/NASA/Industry Airport Planning Workshop executive steering committee and is a manager at the NASA Ames Research Center. There she oversees the air traffic control tower simulation program. She has worked for NASA in aviation human factors research, flight simulation and information technology her entire career. Ms. Dorighi has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of San Francisco, and an master's degree in computer engineering from Stanford University. Ms. Dorighi is an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a member of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA). She has authored many articles and technical papers including articles in the Handbook of Airline Finance and the International Airport Review. She is featured in the book, Women Engineers: Extraordinary Stories of How They Changed Our World, published in 2005. Nancy served as an Associate Editor for the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering, 2003-2006.

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Dan Wong has been a transportation planner for over 20 years and has served as the Chair of the American Planning Association - Transportation Planning Division's Airports Committee since 2004.

As Airports Committee Chair, Dan has been instrumental in building much needed bridges between the planning profession and aviation. Dan is also an active member of FAA's Airport Compatibility Planning Committee and serves on a panel with the Transportation Research Board's new Airport Cooperative Research Program. In addition to his work on commencing with the American Planning Association's new Airports in the Region (AIR) initiative, he is kept busy by being a regular speaker on aviation-related topics at numerous conferences and meetings.

Born and raised in Northeastern Iowa, Dan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science/Public Service from the University of California - Davis and a Master of Urban Planning degree from San Jose State University. Dan is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Planners and Institute of Transportation Engineers. Dan has recently co-authored a section on airport landsides in the reference book "Planning and Urban Design Standards" written by the American Planning Association.