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Airports must improve image, N.J. group warns

Bob Checchio, president of the MidAtlantic Aviation Coalition (MAAC)–sponsor of the New Jersey Aviation Conference held last month in cooperation with the

By Jack Elliott

October 4, 2007

Bob Checchio, president of the MidAtlantic Aviation Coalition (MAAC)–sponsor of the New Jersey Aviation Conference held last month in cooperation with the New Jersey Aviation Association and the New Jersey Division of Aeronautics–outlined the many problems airports face, which makes the progress that has been made in preserving airports all the more noteworthy. (New Jersey alone has lost an average of one airport a year for the last half century.)

“Airports are generally viewed as problems, not opportunities,” Checchio said. However, he singled out two New Jersey towns–Woodbine and Hammonton–that view their local airports as economic engines. Both towns are in dire need of economic development and jobs, and both recognize the importance their airports can play in achieving that goal.

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