Providing Interior Alaska’s Gateway to the World

Aviation Events

FAI Flight Lines

Winter 2008/2009

FAI Customer Spotlight: Japan Airlines

FAI rings in the New Year by Offering Free Wi-Fi

Friend of Fairbanks Koji Mo-chizuki, Japan Airlines’ Inter-national Charter Sales Plan-ning & Marketing Manager, received the Alaska Travel Industry Association’s (ATIA’s) prestigious Special Recognition Award at the organization’s recent annual convention in Anchorage. ATIA periodically gives the award “to an individual who has made substantial contri-butions to the tourism indus-try in Alaska.” Mochizuki-san, building on the ground-work of his predecessor, Norimasa Kawanishi, spear-headed the inauguration of JAL 747-400 winter season passenger charters to Fair-banks in December, 2004. Since its modest beginning of three groups (four flights, including dead head ferry operations) during the 2004 - 2005 season, JAL’s “Aurora

Express” Fairbanks charter program, now in its fifth sea-son, has grown to eighteen groups/twenty flights for 2008 - 2009. JAL’s 2008 sold out winter inaugural flight brought 370 Northern Lights and winter experience-seeking Japanese visitors to Fairbanks on De-cember 27th.

Alaska State Aviation Trade Show & Conference, FedEx Hangar, Anchorage, May 2-3, 2009. For more info contact Dee Hanson at (907) 245-1251

Airport Operators Council, FAI, Everts Air, 3rd Thursday of each month, noon. For more info contact Serenity Orth at Serenity.Orth@AlaskaAir.com

General Aviation Association, for more info please contact Carol Scott at carolscott@mosquitonet.com

Santa Claus made a special stop at FAI to greet both arriving and departing Japanese visitors on New Year’s Eve.

Fairbanks International Air-port is ringing in the New Year with the introduction of free wireless internet service in the airport’s new passen-ger terminal. “We are pleased to offer this service to the travelling public, something we have been working on since the termi-nal construction project be-gan over a year ago,” said Angie Spear, Fairbanks In-ternational’s Business Devel-opment Manager.

Overall, the new terminal provides a dramatically en-hanced travel experience for visitors and locals arriv-ing and departing from Fair-banks. The facilities’ passen-ger-friendly features include vastly improved processing capacity for arriving interna-tional passengers, an enlarged restaurant and gift shop, and an overall bright and airy uniquely Alaskan ambiance.

Jesse Carlstrom, ATIA and Koji Mochizuki

Providing Interior Alaska’s Gateway to the World

Shannon Luster, Dispatcher FT, Airport Police & Fire

Welcome Back:

Robert Dickerson, Officer, Airport Police & Fire from active duty.

Moanna Bradshaw, Equipment Operator, Maintenance (seasonal)

Marlen Pruett, Equipment Operator, Main-tenance (seasonal)

Karl Benson, Equipment Operator, Mainte-nance (seasonal)

Arrivals & Departures

Construction News TERMINAL PROJECT WINTER 08/09: Ongoing work slated for Spring 2009 completion: 1) Free WiFi now available 2) Regional/Commuter area ticket and gate lounges 3) Second floor FAI Administrative offices 4) Promulgating draft regional parking plans 5) Gate 1,2,3 passenger hold rooms 6) The project continues to be on time and on budget for opening in early Spring 2009 RUNWAY 1L-19R RECONSTRUCTION 1) On-going meetings regarding simultaneous terminal and 1L-19R 2009 runway construction 2) Submittal of Safety Risk Management Document to FAA 3) Start date May, 2009

New Faces:

Brock Gardner, Equipment Operator, Maintenance

Jason Griswold, Equipment Operator, Maintenance

Daniel Whitlow, Equipment Operator, Maintenance

Luke Benson, Environmental Services, Maintenance

Justin Orr, Environmental Services, Maintenance

Mike Konezny, Operator, Maintenance

FAI at the Air Cargo Forum Page 2

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Kathy Fyten, Dispatcher PT, Airport Police & Fire

Promotions/Transfers:

Mary Yeaple, Dispatcher FT, Airport Po-lice & Fire

Steve Brunanski, Officer, Operations

Ken Treb, Buildings, Maintenance

Moses Villalobos, Lieutenant, Airport Po-lice & Fire

Departures:

Kathleen Buckley, Dispatcher PT, Airport Police & Fire

Sponsored by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), the “Air Cargo Forum” is the premiere bien-nial gathering of the international air cargo community – without a doubt, the single most important industry event and place to “see and be seen” among some 2,500 partici-pants and exhibitors. This year’s forum convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November, and FAI’s representative – the sole Alaskan delegate – made a positive impact both for Fairbanks International and

The Alaska International Airport System. “Our mission at the Air Cargo Forum was to touch base with existing customers, be on the look out for new prospects, and to pick up the latest intel on the very dynamic international air cargo market,” said Angie Spear, FAI’s Business Development Manager.