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INSIDE THE FENCE Joe Petrie Editor-in-Chief February/March 2016 airportbusiness 5 GROUP PUBLISHER: Brett Ryden Brett@AviationPros.com 920-568-8338 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Joe Petrie Joe.Petrie@AviationPros.com 920-563-8370 SENIOR EDITOR: Benét Wilson BWilson@AviationPros.com 443-838-7033 COLUMNIST: Ralph Hood ralph@ralphhood.com SALES National Accounts Manager: Michelle Kohn 800-547-7377 x3344 Michelle@AviationPros.com Classified Advertising: Michelle Scherer 920-568-8314 mscherer@AviationPros.com International Sales Representative: Stephanie Painter +44 1634 829386 • Fax +44 1634 281504 Stephanie@painter-lowe.com PRODUC TION Art Director: Rhonda Cousin Media Production Rep.: Carmen Seeber cseeber@southcomm.com CIRCUL ATION Audience Development Manager: Debbie Dumke SOUTHCOMM BUSINESS MEDIA CEO: Chris Ferrell CFO: Ed Tearman COO: Blair Johnson VP, Production Operations: Curt Pordes VP, Technology: Eric Kammerzelt Executive Vice President: Gloria Cosby VP Marketing: Gerry Whitty Director of Digital Business Development: Lester Craft List Rentals: Elizabeth Jackson email: ejackson@meritdirect.com phone: 847-492-1350 ext. 18 • fax: 847-492-0085 Subscription Customer Service 877-382-9187; 847-559-7598 Circ.AirportBusiness@omeda.com PO Box 3257 • Northbrook IL 60065-3257 Article reprints • Brett Petillo Wright's Media 877-652-5295, ext. 118 bpetillo@wrightsmedia.com Airport Business (USPS 001-614), (ISSN 1072-1797 print; ISSN 2150- 4539 online) is published 8 times per year in Feb/Mar, April, May, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep, October, November and Dec/Jan by SouthComm Business Media, LLC. 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PO Box 803 • 1233 Janesville Ave Fort Atkinson WI 53538 920-563-6388 • 800-547-7377 VOL. 30, NO. 3 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S NEW $807 MILLION TERMINAL Work on a new $807 million terminal at the Louis Armstrong International Airport began in early January. The project, funded primarily with general airport revenue bonds, along with federal and state grants and capital funds, will include a 760,500-square-foot terminal with 30 gates, a 2,000-car parking garage, a central utility plant, and a ground trans- portation staging area. The existing terminal dates to 1959. The new terminal is expected to open by October 2018, and is part of a push to modernize the airport in time for the city's tricentennial celebrations in 2018. O ne thing that's for sure in the North American transportation industry is that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Every year we look for ways to move more people more efficiently and in a way that saves more money and improves safety. It doesn't matter what segment of transportation you're in — be it airlines, freight, transit, road building or seafaring — everyone shares these same goals. Some of you are reading this, looking at my photo and wondering who I am. Meanwhile, some of you are looking at my name and my face and are wondering if you picked up the wrong magazine and meant to look at Airport Business before looking at your copy of Mass Transit. Not only have you picked up the right magazine, but you also noticed change. I've covered the North American transportation industry for the past three years with Mass Transit magazine, where every issue focused on how we move people in our cities from the gateways to the urban core. A few weeks ago, SouthComm Business Media — the parent company of both magazines — gave me the opportunity to come to Airport Business as the editor- in-chief where the focus is the gateways of our cities. I've also got industry stalwart Benét Wilson moving us forward. She's working with me to make sure you get the information you want/need to improve your business. The job you do is the backbone of the economy. Without you, people and cargo don't move. Without you, tens of thousands go unemployed. Airport Business examined this for 30 years and now it's time to evolve to meet the needs of the next 30 years. This issue of Airport Business looks at the current state of the industry and it shares a lot of the same con- cerns others in the transportation realm are grappling with. The workforce is getting older; more money is needed for improvements; security is a concern; and leaders are looking for a better way of doing business. Change can be hard, especially when some fear of the unknown accompanies it. But when you embrace it and face it you can control it and improve. So as we move along into the year, take a chance to look at change, no matter how small and embrace it. If we all embrace change, the unknown becomes less scary and we all improve together. Change Creates Opportunity to Grow When embracing change, you create opportunities to control it and build your business.