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8 airportbusiness April 2016 INDUSTRY NEWS On Feb. 16, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, Cuban Minister of Transportation Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez and President of the Cuban Civil Aviation Institute (IACC), Ministry of Transportation Colonel Alfredo Cordero Puig signed an arrangement that pro- vides for the re-establishment of scheduled air services between the United States and Cuba. Immediately following the signing, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) invited U.S. air carriers to apply for an allocation of the new opportunities to provide scheduled pas- senger and cargo flights. "We are excited to announce the availability of new scheduled air service opportunities to Cuba for U.S. carriers, shippers and the traveling public, and we will conduct this proceeding in a manner designed to maximize public benefits," Foxx said. The new arrangement provides each country with the opportunity to operate up to 20 daily roundtrip flights between the United States and Havana. The arrangement also provides each country with the opportu- nity to operate up to 10 daily roundtrip flights between the United States and each of Cuba's nine other international airports, providing U.S. carriers with the opportunity to operate up to a total of 110 daily roundtrip flights between the United States and Cuba. The arrangement does not limit charter services, meaning that no DOT allocation procedures are needed and charter flights can continue as before. U.S. and Cuba Sign Arrangement Restoring Scheduled Air Service ALASKA AIRLINES… and Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang part- nered to redesign uniforms for more than 12,000 airline employees. AMERICAN AIRLINES... named Ralph Lopez vice president – Miami Hub (MIA) Operations. AIRPORT CONSULTANTS COUNCIL (ACC)... launched a new member recognition program. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES (AAAE)... recognized 97 airports with an ANTN Digicast Excellence in Airport Training award for training completed in 2015. BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT... saw record passenger traffic in 2015, growing 7 percent year-over-year to 23.8 million people. CA+… introduced its new Property and Utilities Management Module. CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT… welcomed 44.9 million travelers in 2015, setting an all-time high passenger record for the sixth consecutive year. DELTA AIR LINES… employees received their portion of the compa- ny's $1.5 billion profit sharing earned in 2015 – the largest payout in the history of corporate profit sharing programs. DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN)... generated more than $335.7 million in gross concessions revenue in 2015, marking the third consecutive year of record-setting sales. DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (DTW)... saw passenger traffic increased by nearly 1 mil- lion travelers in 2015. FAITH GROUP LLC... opened a new office on Jan. 4 in Atlanta. GENSLER… named Kirsten Fordyce-Wheeler its aviation practice area design director. GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (GFIA) AIRPORT… has set a new all-time passenger record, in 2015, 2,550,193 passengers flew in and out of GFIA, an increase of 9.2 percent. GLO... announced new seasonal non-stop air ser- vice between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. GREEN MOTION CAR RENTAL… will operate at San Diego International Airport's new rental car center. THE HISPANIC AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (HACIA)... selected the Runway 10R-28L project at O'Hare International Airport as its Project of the Year.