{"id":13467,"date":"2019-08-07T17:35:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2019-08-07T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:35:30","slug":"fdot-recognizes-orlando-intl-airport-ceo-as-aviation-professional-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/fdot-recognizes-orlando-intl-airport-ceo-as-aviation-professional-of-the-year\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FDOT Recognizes Orlando Int\u2019l Airport CEO as Aviation Professional of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Chief Executive\nOfficer Phil Brown has been named 2019 Aviation Professional of the Year by the\nFlorida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The announcement was made recently\nat the opening ceremony of the Florida Airports Council (FAC) annual conference\nin Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aaron-and.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13468\" width=\"258\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aaron-and.jpg 576w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aaron-and-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption><em>Aaron Smith (left), manager of the Aviation Office for the Florida Dept. of Transportation presents Phil Brown with a certificate.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, as part of its Aviation and Spaceports Awards\nProgram, FDOT recognizes an individual for significant contributions and\nachievements or a continuing commitment to Florida aviation. As CEO, Brown is\nresponsible for the operation and management of both Orlando International\nAirport (MCO) and Orlando Executive Airport (ORL). During his tenure, he has\ndemonstrated excellence at all selection criteria, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overseeing Orlando International Airport\u2019s $4.2 billion\nCapital Improvement Program, the largest construction and renovation project in\nairport history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Championing Orlando International Airport as a welcoming\nfirst and last impression of the nation\u2019s most-visited destination by providing\noutstanding customer service to all visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasing MCO\u2019s passenger traffic from 34.8 million in 2010\nto more than 49 million in 2019, making Orlando International Airport the\nbusiest airport in the state of Florida, 10th busiest in the U.S. and 34th\nbusiest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Committing to make MCO the first U.S. airport to integrate\nbiometric technology into 100 percent of international arrivals and departures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown has been a tireless advocate of expanding global\naccess to Central Florida and has significantly raised Orlando\u2019s stature as a\nworld-class destination. Statistics from the Florida Department of\nTransportation show that MCO provides $41.1 billion and ORL $622 million in\neconomic impact to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Brown\u2019s leadership, Orlando International Airport was\nranked by J.D. Power \u201cHighest in Customer Satisfaction for Mega Airports\u201d in\n2017 and 2018 and named 2018 Large Airport of the Year by CAPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the annual FAC Conference &amp; Exhibition will be\nheld in Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Chief Executive Officer Phil Brown has been named 2019 Aviation Professional of the Year by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The announcement was made recently at the opening ceremony of the Florida Airports Council (FAC) annual conference in Fort Lauderdale. Every year, as part of its Aviation and Spaceports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13469,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13467\/revisions\/13469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}