Statement from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on Cooperation in Economic Development
Courtesy of MWAA Media Relations
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter pledged support Friday for Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proposed collaboration between the Airports Authority, the Virginia Port Authority and state officials in building and strengthening relationships with present and potential customers and business partners outside the United States. In a Thursday evening speech to the Virginia Maritime Association, McAuliffe announced that he has asked Virginia Port Authority Board Member and former Chairman John Milliken and Airports Authority Chairman Rusty Conner to assemble a group of state government leaders in an informal working group to examine ways the Virginia Port Authority and Washington Dulles International Airport, as two key international-facing institutions in the Commonwealth, can help initiate an “Air-to-Maritime Trade Dialogue” aimed at boosting Virginia’s global commerce.
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