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FINALANALYSIS 69% SOLAR PANEL CASH CROP Solar panels are the new crop rising on 75 acres of land at the end of a runway at Indianapolis International Airport. Currently 28,000 panels are in place. When fully grown there will be 44,000 panels, producing enough energy to power 1,200 homes. The percentage of airline passengers using Portable Electronic Devices during flight, according to a study by the Airline Passenger "The digital and mobile revolution Experience Association and the Consumer Electronics Association. has extraordinary implications for "Customer every airport, as the connected the game. If you train The number of goats munching their way through weeds and invasive plants on 120 acres of land owned by Chicago O'Hare International Airport. your focus on that, you will always be ranked in the Top 10." RICH CAWLEY, ▲ Anthony Foxx Tapped as Transportation Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation SEEING DOUBLE the name of traveler expects airports to be ▲ Ron Donner New Executive Director and Business Manager AMTSociety Boeing predicts the number of commercial aircraft to double across the globe over the next two decades. 25 service is PRESIDENT/ CEO, RECTRIX COMMERCIAL AVIATION SERVICES 34 airportbusiness $ 6 BILLION In baggage and reservation change fees was collected from passengers in 2012. June/July 2013 accessible in their 'pockets' ..." DAVID MCMULLEN, VICE PRESIDENT, AIRPORTS, SIMPLIFLYING America's airports need to complete $71.3 billion worth of essential infrastructure projects between now and 2017 … to keep pace with passenger growth forecasts. Airports Council Internatonal – North America (ACI-NA)