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...to build new commercial airport, it became the first community in the U.S. since World War II to convert a former military base, Bergstrom Air Force Base, into a commercial-use facility. Now, executive director Jim Smith and his team are entering a new arena -- how to attract the ultra-low cost carriers that are emerging, particularly internationally. Smith recently sat with AIRPORT BUSINESS to discuss the airport's initiative, which is focused on getting its first such carrier, vivaAerobus, for service to Mexico by way of a partnership with General Electric Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS).

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, which officially opened in May, 1999, serves more than eight million passengers annually. It has a metro population base of over 1.3 million,...

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