1. Airports and Community Development
British Columbia Aviation Council
EDABC Economic Summit

2. Today’s Presentation Air Services and Socio-Economic Development
ED + Tourism + Airport + Air Services
Airport Managers – The Keystone
Don’t Forget General/Business Aviation
Air Carriers Are Very Complex Animals
“Industrial” Aviation and Aerospace
Two Current Key Issues

3. “Air services are arguably the most powerful socio-economic tool in your Community Development tool chest.”

4. ED+Tourism+Airport+Air Services
Airports Are Your Gateway to Markets
Community Development Plan Through Airport
Like a Focussing Lens
Need An ED/Tourism/Airport/Air Services “Team”
A Coordinated, Group Approach is Required
Integrate Airport/Municipal/Regional
Planning – Operationally and Marketing

5. Airport Managers Are the Keystone
Need to Be Empowered Beyond Operations
Potential to Be Community Marketing and Communications Leader
Are the Catalyst that Pull Partners Together
Mayors Should Articulate the
Development Plan – Not Vice Versa

6. Don’t Forget General/Business Aviation
You Want Your Piece of the Action
$9.3 billion economic output; 36,000 direct jobs across Canada
Note – Airports Only Capture a Fraction of This
Labour of Love for Airports
ALL Airports Should Have a GA Plan

7. Air Carriers – Complex Animals
More Pressures than Perhaps Any Other Industry
Safety, Capital Intensive, Maintenance, Operational Issues, Human Resource Shortages, Intense Competition, Communication Challenges, Seasonality…
Remember This As You Work With Them
Work to Understand Them – Be Part of the
Solution – Build a Relationship
Several Home Town Teams

8. “Industrial” Uses at Your Airport
Helicopter Operations
Underestimated Industry
Aerospace Broadly Defined
KF Aerospace Started in Kelowna 49 Years Ago
Flight Schools
Under Intense Pressure, Core Community Asset
Other Education
Northern Lights College for Example

9. Two Driving Current Issues
Make Sure Apply for BCAAP/ACAP Funding
Acronyms Worth Knowing
75% Funding
Huge HR Crisis in Aviation and Aerospace
Really Hurting Smaller and Indigenous Communities – Getting Worse

10. Commercial BC Aviation Council 340 Member-Driven Org
41 Airport Members, 2 Community Members
If This Presentation Clicked, Consider Joining
Membership Inexpensive ($500 Corporate)
May 12-14th Conference Kelowna $359

11. Think Through Your Airport! Thank You
Dave Frank, Executive Director