What does it feel (ike to be the leader of an organisation with responsibility for an airport system of nearly 20,000 airports and an annual budget of close to $16 billion? In one word - honoured. Our airports - commercial service to general aviation - are not only vital to the nation's air transportation system, they are a vital part of our basic transportation system moving business people, connecting families, and transporting goods. The challenges of maintaining this system are immense. As you know, some airports are capacity strained and others have not realised their capacity. We are working with airport operators and sponsors to build new airport capacity to meet increased demand through strengthened regional and metropolitan airport system planning and development.
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