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\u201cWe received 107 applications after a nationwide search, and\nMr. Bourk stood out to all of us with his 25 years in airport business and\noperations management, the transformative business development initiatives he\nhas led that have positioned airports for growth, and the way he has\nconsistently brought new fixed base operators and new airlines to airports,\u201d\nsaid Airport Authority Chairman Donna Girardot. \u201cHe has a strong network of\nindustry partners and has been a private pilot for over 30 years, which will\nhelp support and advance our partnerships with the General Aviation community.\nHe has a proven track record of working with economic development partners that\nwill help grow our business park, and he is skilled in team building and\nfostering a caring and motivated culture. The Airport Authority members all\nfeel that Mr. Bourk\u2019s strategic approach, new synergy, and career aviation\nknowledge will help ILM grow to heightened levels of excellence and we look\nforward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bourk has served as the Executive Director of Branson\nAirport in Hollister, MO for 14 years where he successfully built the airport\nfrom the ground up to become an integral part of the area\u2019s tourism industry,\nbuilding its infrastructure and bringing in low-cost carriers to help make\nflying in and out of the area more accessible and economical. The airport is\none of the industry\u2019s largest public private partnerships constructing a green\nfield airport and has served more than one million travelers and created\nmillions of dollars of economic benefit to the Branson Tri-Lakes region since\nopening in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to his role at Branson Airport, he was Assistant\nAirport Manager for Portland International Jetport for six years where he\nmanaged all airport facility operations and was vital in attracting and growing\nnew air service; serving over 1.5 million passengers annually during his\ntenure. He has also worked in operations\nmanagement roles for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at Teterboro\nAirport, one of the largest General Aviation Airports in the US. Early in his\ncareer he held a leadership role in operations at White Plains Airport that serviced\n1.75 million passengers annually at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has a Master of Business Administration with a\nconcentration in Aviation Management from Daniel Webster College graduating at\nthe top of his class, a Bachelor of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University\nand is an Accredited Airport Executive. He was a certified aircraft rescue\nfirefighter, has his FAA private pilot certificate, and is involved in numerous\nairport and pilot trade associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am excited for this new opportunity to move my family to\nWilmington, to get to know the community and serve in this role as Airport\nDirector with the great team ILM has in place,\u201d said Bourk. \u201cThe airport is\nexperiencing a lot of exciting new changes, with the terminal expansion,\nincreased activity in the business park, and the addition of several new,\nnon-stop flights. I look forward to creating and implementing strategic air\nservice development and business park plans ensuring ILM contributes the\nmaximum economic impact to the region, bringing in additional flights, and\nensuring our business operations align with sustainable growth to provide\nhigh-quality service for residents and visitors. My wife and I are both pilots\nand we are looking forward to getting involved with the active general aviation\ncommunity at ILM. It\u2019s clear the Airport Authority is focused on strategic\nbusiness planning and creating the best airport for the region, and I am eager\nto begin working with them, the ILM team, and the community to ensure that is,\nand continues to be, the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Airport Authority voted unanimously at its meeting on\nWednesday, November 3 to approve Bourk as the Airport Director and enter into a\nthree-year contract with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The New Hanover County Airport Authority Board has named Jeffrey Bourk as ILM\u2019s new Airport Director. Bourk will begin in this new role on January 3, 2022. \u201cWe received 107 applications after a nationwide search, and Mr. Bourk stood out to all of us with his 25 years in airport business and operations management, the […]<\/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":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19932","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=19932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19934,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19932\/revisions\/19934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}