Waguespack is to transition from his current role as executive vice president to become a senior advisor to NATA. He joined the NATA leadership team in November 2018 as senior vice president of Aircraft Management, Air Charter Services, and MROs. The association said Waguespack's visits to over 80 aviation businesses in over 15 states kept … Continue reading "Waguespack makes switch to NATA advisory role"
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MORIARTY – It’s no secret that the pandemic has been hard on commercial aviation. While passenger traffic has ticked up slightly in recent months at the Albuquerque International Sunport and other airports, numbers have stayed well below normal since last March.
But what about smaller airports, like Moriarty Municipal Airport in the East Mountains? On the one hand, an uptick in demand for personal planes, and the freedom they bring, has meant more business for smaller general aviation airports recently. But on the other hand, more traffic means needing to add more infrastructure to keep up with demand.
“These airports are here; this is your economic engine,” said Ryan Waguespack, senior vice president with the National Air Transportation Association, during a tour stop in Moriarty on Tuesday.
Let’s Meet At The Airport
NEXT Wednesday, February 10th, community leader will be meeting over at the Cut Bank International Airport in an event to highlight the CRITICAL role of the airport & its tenant business in assisting throughout the COVID pandemic during recovery & beyond. Next Wednesday s event, General Aviation Advancing America, will feature speaker Ryan Waguespack, Senior Vice President, National Air Transportations Association. There ll be discussions with our community leaders on how general aviation stakeholders facilitate the success of the community, & how rural airports (like Cut Bank International) serve as a runway for economic & job recovery & development. The ETA of Wednesday s meeting s at 1 o clock at the Cut Bank International Airport.