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<br /> 2<br /> 0 GATEWAY AIRPORTS:<br /> COMMERCIAL MAGNETS<br /> 1 AND CRITICAL BUSINESS<br /> INFRASTRUCTURE<br /> PART 1 OF 3:<br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & THE FIFTH WAVE<br /> 6<br /> SODEXO AVIATION<br /> The original report was adapted into a 3-part series with permission from the author, and is available at<br /> http://www.aerotropolis.com/files/MHFIGI-Gateway-Airports-Updated.pdf. Original date of publication: November 3, 2014<br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br /> John D. Kasarda, Ph.D., Director, Center for Air Commerce<br /> Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br /> International gateway airports have moved beyond 20th century mass transit hubs, to become 21st century strategic<br /> business infrastructures. In the process, they are attracting nearly all commercial activities found in urban centers. This<br /> has transformed many from what <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=1"> 2 0 GATEWAY AIRPORTS: COMMERCIA</a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=2"> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY John D. Kasarda, Ph.D., Direct</a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=3"> THE FIFTH WAVE The best-connected locations have </a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=4"> A number of factors have contributed to the fifth</a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=5"> Access to hub airports is particularly important </a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=6"> Using hub airport hotels for corporate meetings o</a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=7"> WORKS CITED 1 Booming business! Las Colinas. 2013</a> <a title="Gateway Airports - Part 1- WhitePaper Final page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9915e2fc?page=8"> Sodexo Aviation 9801 Washingtonian Blvd. Gaithers</a>