Ontario International Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Atif Elkadi at CAPA’s Americas Aviation Summit 2023
Ontario International Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Atif Elkadi spoke to CAPA TV at the CAPA Americas Aviation & LCCs Summit in Ontario, California in Apr-2023 about the latest industry trends and company developments.
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Transcript
Atif Elkadi:A lot of what's driving that growth is how many people are just moving into this part of the region in Southern California. And then what we're working on right now is how do we make sure that we do not get the constraints that have happened to other airports around the country. So we're planning ahead with regards to our new international terminal, that's going through the environmental review process right now. We want to be ready for the World Cup and the Olympics that are coming here to Southern California, so we'll have the capacity for those 3 million people. And what we want to do is we want to remain true to our really core promise of easy to get into our airport, easy to exit our airport. We don't— we want to plan ahead. We don't want to see a lot of the congestion that you might see in other parts of the country. Yeah, I think for us it's really important to really address the needs of what our community is looking for, and our community is a mix of really appreciating the fares that are provided by the low-cost carriers and then the ones that are really committed to the mainstays in the U.S. of the American, Southwest, Delta, United, Alaska, and those carriers. So we just want to make sure that we're always providing our community with an option, and that's Finding that right balance is very important. So we work with our partners very closely to make sure that we provide that. So our international terminal was recently named the Dianne Feinstein International Terminal, and it'll be the first phase in our growth journey, if you will, as we get to that 30 million passenger mark. And it'll be an addition to our existing Terminal 4. Right now, our Terminals 2 and 4 are not connected, but eventually they will be through this terminal, the international terminal, and then adding to it. And what the international terminal will do, it'll help continue our growth in bringing international travelers in and out of Southern California. We've had great success with China Airlines and their direct flight to Taipei. It's been extremely successful, and we also fly to multiple places in Mexico and other parts of Central America. So we do have international travel right now, we just want to continue to grow that. The conference and the content has been phenomenal so far, and even just looking at the agenda, and what people have to look forward to. It's really one of the premier conferences in our industry, and we're just honored to be able to be a part of that journey for CAPA and welcome all of these executives from within the aviation industry into our region. Thank you.
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