CHO to Host Delegation of Eurasian Aviation Officials
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport will be hosting a delegation of airport and industry executives from the Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on Wednesday, February 4, 2009.
The delegates are participating in the SABIT Airport Development Group Program hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce-International Trade Administration. The Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) Airport Development Program is designed to train mid- to senior-level airport and industry executives, who represent the upper echelon of Eurasian airport management and transportation officials as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The goal of the program is to introduce modern managerial principles utilized in U.S. airports to program participants.
The group will visit select regions and cities across the country to meet with leading U.S. airports, manufacturers and other industry representatives during the three week program. While at CHO, the group will be introduced to small airport management and financial practices, and tour airport facilities. “We are very pleased that CHO is recognized as a leader in the small airport industry,” states Kurt Goodwin, Chairman of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority, “and we are honored for this opportunity to participate in the SABIT program”.
