{"id":19170,"date":"2021-08-11T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19170"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:45:38","slug":"north-carolina-airports-association-holds-41st-annual-conference-at-pinehurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/north-carolina-airports-association-holds-41st-annual-conference-at-pinehurst\/%20","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Airports Association Holds 41st Annual Conference at Pinehurst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Michael Reisman, Moderator (left) engages panelists, from left, Annie Russo, Bridget Cox and Michael Landguth. Photos by Kim Stevens. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North Carolina Airports Association<\/a> held its annual conference last week in Pinehurst, NC, attracting some 400 attendees and 40 exhibitors from throughout the state and region. Although some chose to participate through video conferencing, the majority attended in person to celebrate the 41st<\/sup> Annual Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attendees listen to a panel discussion on ‘Navigating a Pandemic.’ <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The conference began on Tuesday with its popular golf tournament and opening reception, with general sessions taking place on both the 11th and 12th. The theme for this year\u2019s conference was \u201cThe Business of Aviation\u201d and focused on building strong financial and operational foundations, surviving disasters\/pandemics and positioning for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sessions were designed to provide practitioners throughout the industry with additional tools to help strengthen the financial and operational components of North Carolina\u2019s system of airports. Much like building a terminal; solid financials are the cornerstone of a successful airport, and the goal is for all participants to take new and innovative ideas and practices back and be better prepared to weather the storm or cease the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephen Bright, left and Brenna Goldner (Talbert & Bright, Inc.) meet with Scotty Malta, Manager, Moore County Airport.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A panel discussion on \u201cNavigating a Pandemic\u201d was held\nWednesday (See photo above) with panelist, Annie Russo, Senior VP, Government\n& Political Affairs, Airports Council International North America, Bridget\nCox, Area General Manager Signature Flight Support, and Michael Landguth,\nA.A.E., President & CEO, Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The moderator\nfor the session was Michael Reisman, Greater Asheville Regional Airport\nAuthority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Pearce, left and Thad Howell with NC Division of Aviation.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Panelists discussed what lessons were learned from the\ncrisis and how airports can attempt to prepare, survive, and recover from\nfuture emergencies. The session also touched on operational impacts to\nairports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibitor, Buzz Bruner with virtower<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The conference is hosted each year by cities throughout the state and is attended by airport commissioners, executives and staff, as well as professionals serving the industry through engineering, consulting, products and more. Each year\u2019s conference is supported by sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers and each of these contributors have an opportunity to present themselves to the Association through various events and exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking care of conference logistics at the registration area are from left, Lisa Edwards, Association Business Manager, Hope Morton, Ellen Heywood, Eileen Cusyck, and Patricia Campbell.  Photos by Kim Stevens.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Michael Reisman, Moderator (left) engages panelists, from left, Annie Russo, Bridget Cox and Michael Landguth. Photos by Kim Stevens. The North Carolina Airports Association held its annual conference last week in Pinehurst, NC, attracting some 400 attendees and 40 exhibitors from throughout the state and region. Although some chose to participate through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6890.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170","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=19170"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19214,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170\/revisions\/19214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}