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Biography Of
Lawrence W. Wuensch, CEcD
Changes in the Aviation Industry Since September 11
Since
the deregulation of the airlines during the Reagan Administration, smaller
airports have been at a disadvantage when dealing with the carriers. Trends
such as “fortress hubs” and consolidation have focused service in the largest
airports and concepts of convenience and customer service have given way to
efficiency. On 9/11, many carriers used the temporary closing of the New York
and Washington airports to trim their routes even more. Melbourne lost two of
its three carriers as a result. Mr. Wuensch will discuss the efforts to attract
additional carriers to Melbourne and the current state of the airline industry
that impacts this effort.
About
the Speaker:
Lawrence Wuensch is the Director of Land
Development for the Melbourne International Airport in Florida, and has worked
there for over 12 years.
He has had a wide variety of experience in both government and economic
development. After graduation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia
Tech) in 1970, he became a city planner, working for the Cities of Richmond and
Portsmouth, Virginia and the New River Valley Planning District Commission. He
then spent 12 years as the County Administrator of two Virginia county
governments: Giles County and Halifax County. As a County Administrator he was
responsible for a wide range of local government management responsibilities.
Switching to the field of economic development, he spent 5 years as Executive
Director of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation in
Virginia and then 3 ˝ years as President of the Brevard Economic Development
Corporation.
After founding a small telecommunications business in Brevard County from 1992
to 1994, he joined the Melbourne International Airport staff in October of
1994. His major duties have included all aspects of airport development and
marketing. He is currently responsible for development and leasing of airport
land and facilities, including the very successful high technology industrial
park.
He is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of
Oklahoma, and holds the advanced professional designation of Certified Economic
Developer (CEcD), awarded by the International Economic Development Council.
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