In 2001, the Aviation Board
hired Roy Williams as the new Director of Aviation. He is considered one
of the nation's top airport administrators. Today, the airport generates more than 10,000
jobs with an economic impact of more than $1 billion.
Many of these benefits assist the City
of Kenner, Jefferson Parish and St. Charles Parish where the
airport is located, through the generation of jobs and tax revenue. In 2000, we held the
first Regional Airport Summit where representatives of New Orleans,
Jefferson, Kenner and St. Charles met to talk about future cooperation.
There is still much to be done at the Louis
Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. We have the potential to become one of the
nation's great inter-modal centers, tying together the airport's air cargo facilities and
the wharves of the Port of New Orleans. My hope is that one day, New
Orleans will see international flights connecting the Gulf South to Europe. Through a
tremendous joint effort by many individuals and companies, we have created an airport that
is lifting the economy of our entire region.
Louis Armstrong
International Airport:
-Concourses C & D rebuilt
-Concourses A & B renovated
-New Delta Airlines ticket terminal & bag claim facility
-Southwest Airlines 60 daily flights
-6 new airlines ¥ Non-stop & direct service tripled
-Generates more than 10,000 jobs
-Economic impact more than $1 billion
-Two new air cargo facilities
-Generates $30 million in sales for minority and women-owned businesses
-Construction of 2500 spaces for automobiles
-New food and beverage facilities
-New retail facilities
-First flight information display system in airport history
-New safe, lighted landscaped airport access road
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