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Some Things to Consider Bill Swan, Chief Economist, Boeing (retired). Airports are everybody’s interface but nobody’s system. The greatest contribution of the new-generation carriers is improvement in the loading and unloading process.
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Some Things to ConsiderBill Swan, Chief Economist, Boeing (retired) • Airports are everybody’s interface but nobody’s system. • The greatest contribution of the new-generation carriers is improvement in the loading and unloading process. • Airport costs cannot rise in a time when airplane costs are decreasing.
More Things to Think AboutDavid Pang, ACI Pacific Chairman • Ideally, airports are at the center of integrated multi-modal flows of people, goods, information and capital. • As the focus of flows, airports are also at the center of crises. • Airports are: an infrastructure business. a service business. an “experience” business.
Do We Agree? • If so, what are the implications for our customers and the ability to render expected service? • What are the consequences of falling short? • What are the signs of inadequate service? • Is it possible to be all these things, successfully? • Is partnership the answer? • How do airports reconcile the low cost/high service conundrum?