Pictured at the official opening of ACI World’s new Montréal HQ (L-R): James Cherry, President and CEO, Aéroports de Montréal; Jacques St-Laurent, President and CEO, Montréal International; Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal; Angela Gittens, ACI World Director General; Nancy Graham, Director Air Navigation Bureau, ICAO; and Ma Tao, Representative of China on the Council of ICAO.
Following the decision by the ACI World Governing Board announced last year, ACI World has marked this year’s 20th anniversary of Airports Council International (ACI) by moving to its new offices in Montréal, to afford the global interests of ACI a stronger presence on ICAO’s home ground.
There was a smooth transition from ACI World’s previous home in Geneva, and an official opening ceremony took place on 3 May attended by guests from across the aviation community, local business leaders and government officials.
Also in attendance were representatives from the ICAO Council and Secretariat, with whom ACI staff members will be working closely on issues such as safety, security and sustainability.
The move to Montréal is viewed as an opportunity to forge strong collaborative partnerships at ICAO that will better enable the association to serve its members. Calling for enhanced cooperation between aviation partners, Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI World, said: “Airports are an economic pillar for the communities we serve. Community expectations are our guide in business development, and industry cooperation will be our platform to deliver on those expectations. We must see ourselves as a whole and well-integrated aviation system serving the consumer, not as separate sectors acting sequentially.”
