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“Deborah is a proven aviation executive who has been\nleading Los Angeles World Airports, one of the world’s largest passenger and\ncargo airports, through a period of significant transformation, including the\ndevelopment of an intermodal transit center,” said Doug Allingham, Chair\nof the GTAA Board of Directors. “The GTAA Board undertook a global search\nfor a new leader to help guide Toronto Pearson through its next phase of\ngrowth, and we are pleased to have found a Canadian-born airport executive with\nthe energy, passion and experience to continue on with our vision to make\nToronto Pearson the best airport in the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her role at Los Angeles World Airports, which operates\nboth Los Angeles International and Van Nuys (general aviation) airports, Ms.\nFlint has focused the organization on the $14-billion modernization of its\nterminals, runway improvements, and a comprehensive transit program that\nincludes roadway improvements and an intermodal transportation facility. Ms. Flint’s deep experience in connecting\nairports to regional transit networks dates back to her tenure as Aviation\nDirector of Oakland International Airport where she delivered the BART, a $480\nmillion Airport Rail Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In the world of international airports, Toronto\nPearson is a rising and notable star, known for its significant accomplishments\non passenger service, growth in passenger traffic, and its leadership in\nworking with both industry and community partners to take a regional\nperspective on the role a mega-hub airport plays in lifting those around\nit,” said Ms. Flint. “As a\nCanadian-born airport executive, I consider it a privilege to be able to return\nhome to lead this organization and ensure it continues to deliver benefits to\nall of our stakeholders.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Los Angeles World Airports has an impressive story, serving\nmore than 87.5 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo in 2018. In addition to being the 4th busiest\npassenger airport in the world, it is the only U.S. airport to serve as a hub\nfor four U.S. legacy carriers (Alaska Airlines, American, Delta and\nUnited). It is considered to be one of\ntwo North American mega-hub airports, with Toronto Pearson focused on joining\nthe ranks by the end of 2019. Mega-hub\ninternational hub airports serve more than 50 million passengers, with a high\npercentage of connecting and international passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a recognized leader within the international and U.S.\naviation community, Ms. Flint serves as a member of the Airports Council\nInternational board, appointee to the U.S. DOT Drone Advisory Committee, and\nChair of the Oversight Committee of the Transportation Research Board’s Airport\nCooperative Research Program. Beyond the\nairport industry, she has served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank and\nis a Director of the Honeywell Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Flint will take over the position as President and CEO\nfollowing the planned retirement of current President and CEO Howard Eng in\nMarch 2020. Mr. Eng led Toronto Pearson\nfrom 2012 and oversaw a period of record passenger growth, a dedicated focus on\ncustomer service and a dramatic expansion of the airport’s retail and service\nofferings. Mr. Allingham thanked Mr. Eng\nfor his years of service and wished him a happy and productive retirement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“After nearly 40 years running airports around the world,\nHoward’s retirement is a bittersweet moment in the history of Toronto\nPearson,” stated Allingham. \n“We will continue to benefit from his dedication for years to come,\nas we reap the benefits of the decisions that he made over his eight-year term\nat Canada’s busiest airport.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) announced the appointment of Deborah Flint as President and Chief Executive Officer of the GTAA. Ms. Flint will commence her new role in April 2020 following more than 4 years as CEO of Los Angeles World Airports and 24 years serving in executive roles […]<\/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":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345","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=14345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14347,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14345\/revisions\/14347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}