Avports
Arturo Garcia is currently the COO at Avports. Arturo has also worked as an airport management consultant and has experience in project management, engineering, and consultancy services in the fields of operational readiness and airport transfer (ORAT), passenger experience, airport terminal services, and airside operations.
Arturo Garcia has a BSc and MSc in Aeronautical Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Arturo also has a degree in the ACI Airport Executive Leadership Program - AELP from Concordia University. In 2011, they completed the Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP) and became an International Airport Professional (IAP). In 2009, they became an ICAO AVSEC Professional Manager from Concordia University. In 2013, they completed the EFQM Excellence Assessor from the European Foundation for Quality Management - EFQM. Arturo is certified in EFQM Excellence Assessor from EFQM and in International Airport Professional (IAP) from Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP).
Arturo Garcia reports to Jorge Roberts, Chief Executive Officer. They work with Peter Scherrer - VP, Airport Management Services, Derek Pristavok - GM, Moffett Federal Airfield, and John Panarello - VP, Airport Operations & Information Technology.
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Founded in 1927 as a division of Pan Am Airlines, Avports is America’s most experienced and trusted airport manager and operator - the US-based and US-owned airport operator and wholly-owned by West Street Infrastructure Partners III, a family of infrastructure investment funds managed by the merchant banking business of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC. Avports has historically managed and operated a portfolio of airport O&M and P3/PPP contracts at more than 30 US airports. These airports have been diverse in their operations and have included commercial and general aviation airports, passenger terminals, military bases / joint-use airports, heliports, NASA facilities / spaceports. In the future, the company plans to also operate vertiports for electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVOTLs) / aerial urban taxis and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Today, the company operates with 650+ staff at eleven US airports across five US states and is also involved in public-private partnership (P3) investments and long-term leases at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) in Connecticut and Airglades International Airport in Florida. The company's presence extends to 25 additional US airports through its affiliate Aviation Facilities Company (AFCO).