The 15th annual Cygnus Aviation Expo held in Las Vegas in March featured more than 200 exhibitors from various airport and aviation service sectors, primarily those from the ground support equipment and aircraft maintenance segments of the industry.
This year, Cygnus Aviation partnered with SAE International's Aerospace and Defense Ground Support Equipment Conference and the National Air Transportation Assocation's (NATA) 4th annual Spring Training Week.
Highlights included the Ground Support Leaders of the Year Awards, where Airport Business sister publication, Ground Support Worldwide (GSW), honored Bill Jacob, VP of the UPS ground support division, with a lifetime achievement award. Also recognized by GSW as a product leader was Michael Walsh, director of business development for the Flightcom Corporation. The company won for developing a hands-free wireless communication system for ground support.
The team Leader award went to Chief Warrant Officer Gregory McDermott, United States Coast Guard. McDermott leads the Coast Guard's only Aviation Logistics Center, which supports 26 air stations.
The educational session on social media seemed to generate a flurry of interest among attendees. Key points included the importance of finding a company 'ambassador' to head a digital communications strategy for aviation businesses; and the value of using social media as another channel of communication with customers.
The session on the topic of leases also generated great interest, as NATA president Jim Coyne sat on a panel with Tampa-based Airport Business Solutions' Michael Hodges and L.C. Fulenwider's William Prather.
Keep a close eye on the AviationPros website media center for edited video clips of various educational sessions presented at CAE 2012: http://www.aviationpros.com/media-center.
At the event's networking reception, we unveiled plans for next year’s new and improved show, AviationPros LIVE. The event will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 12-15; the event tagline: Working Together to Keep the World Flying.
AviationPros Live will be a three-day exhibition held concurrently with a four-day conference. With regard to the educational offering, each of our Cygnus Aviation print properties will develop and produce an educational summit featuring sessions focused on aircraft maintenance, ground support equipment and ground handling, and critical issues that FBO and airport-based businesses face in the current market.
Please join us next year for the aviation services event of the year: AviationPros Live.
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