HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-12-14 Airport Committee MinutesAIRPORT COMMITTEE MEWING
AIRPORT MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1994 - NOON
Present: Tames Tyler, Chairperson
Don Soucy, Member
Chris Popper, City Councilor
Bob Ziegelaar, Airport Director
Absent: William Cohen, Member
After a tour of the Telford Aviation facility, Chairman Tyler
opened the meeting at 12:45 PM.
1. Executive Session - Employee Collective Bargaining Matter.
Tenant Financial Matter.
The Committee voted to go into Executive Session to discuss
a collective bargaining matter and a tenant/financial matter. At
1 PM the Committee voted to go out of Executive Session.
2. America -To -Go Concession.
Me Airport Director reported that DFI/Fenton Hill, the
operator of the ^American -To -Go shop in the terminal had informed
him that, as part of a national reorganization, the company had
decided to request a termination of the lease at BIA and to close
the shop by January 30th of 1995. The Airport Director had not
taken an immediate position in the matter and had instead con-
tacted a local shopkeeper to determine if there might be any
interest in assuming the lease. Based on a recent solicitation
for other terminal space, he did not see any immediate purpose
in advertising the apace. If negotiations between DFI/Fenton
and the local operator prove fruitful, he would recommend an
assignment of the lease to the Airport Committee at a later time.
3. General Business Briefing.
As part of the General Business Briefing, the Airport Direc-
tor advised the Committee that, from an overall perspective, the
airport is still on track and will generate a net income of
nearly $2M. Most of this income is committed to ongoing Capital
Improvement Projects. While international traffic continues to
be disappointing, other areas such as General Aviation (fuel
sales) and domestic (scheduled) traffic are showing solid growth.
The Airport Director believes that the international traffic is
bottoming out during this winter season and is likely to improve
by next summer. Florida's tourism traffic is expected to begin
recovering and other U.S. destinations are expected to become
more aggressive marketers of their tourism attractions. The
Minutes continued
airport sales staff continues to pursue eastern European business
potential, an effort which is now producing its first dividends.
Volga Dnepr has been transiting Bangor quite regularly and has
now also received cargo traffic rights for Bangor. The intent is
to consolidate northeastern shipments here. (Two company repre-
sentatives from Russia visited the airport an December 19, subse-
quent to the Committee meeting)..
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 RM