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Associate Members- Update your company information for the 2011 ANNUAL REPORT TODAY
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 Read full convention coverage in the Regional Horizons dailies!
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The RAA Annual Convention highlights regional aviation not only in North America, but around the world. This year's convention was highlighted by visits from DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, and NTSB member Mark Rosekind, two general sessions featuring regional aviation perspectives from across the globe, and the 10th Anniversary of the Purchasing Forum. Additionally, RAA welcomed more than 1,400 attendees and some 200 exhibitors to the Exhibit Hall.
See more pictures and videos as well as media coverage of the 2011 convention on our 2011 Convention Page!
Highlights
Happy 10th Birthday, RAA Purchasing Forum!  | | Purchasing Forum Time Lapse |
Watch RAA's musical tribute to this annual "speed-dating" between airline and select OEM purchasing representatives. Contact Jerry Schumacher for more info.
Keynote address by US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood
Describing RAA as "willing and enthusiastic partners," DOT Secretary Ray LaHood proclaimed "regional airlines have a seat at the table when we make aviation policy."
 | | DOT Secretary Ray LaHood at the 2011 RAA Convention-Part 1 |
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Welcome and Introductions!
RAA President Roger Cohen welcomes convention attendees at the morning general session and introduces Chairman Jim Rankin and Associate Member Council Chairman Lucas Aardenburg. Click here to view.
Click here to view the presentation "Regional Airlines: The RAA Perspective".
 "Where in the world are regional airlines headed?"....that's the subject that oneworld's Bruce Ashby, ACI-NA's Greg Principato and ERA's Mike Ambrose pondered in a general session moderated by Bill Swelbar. Click here to view the full session in 5 parts on the official RAA youtube page.
RAA Associate Member Council- Afternoon Session
Airline customer demands are driving the future development of regional aircraft programs thereby prompting manufacturers to weigh decisions to make improvements on existing platforms or develop all new aircraft models. Great Lakes President Chuck Howell moderated the panel and SuperJet International's Svetlana Issaeva, Mitsubishi's Junichi Miyakawa, Bombardier's Eric Martel and ATR's Guillaume Gasparri offered their insights.
Click here to view the series.
Thank you to the following companies for submitting the following company videos on display in the prize area throughout the convention.
Sponsor Videos from:
API
ATR
Avmax
Sponsor Videos from:
Bombardier
Embraer
Mitsubishi
PacMin
Powerjet
Sponsor Videos from:
Pratt & Whitney
SuperJet International
Triumph Group
Wings Financial
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RAA gears up to publish the 2011 RAA Annual Report
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Airline and associate member will soon receive information about updating their information for this year's annual report. RAA's website and Annual Report is where government, press, and our members turn first for information. It's even more critical, - and why we need your continued help and cooperation on updating your information for the RAA Annual Report, the only authoritative statistical reference and directory for North American regional and commuter airlines.
Associate members (company representatives) can click the "update your listing now" link at the top of this email to login and make any necessary changes. If you do not know your login and password, please click
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Interested in advertising in the 2011 Annual Report? There is still a very limited amount of space available.
Click here for more details!
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RAA Summer Seminars- July 25-27 (New Orleans)
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RAA Inflight, Human Resources and Anti-Drug & Alcohol Misuse Seminars
(Open to airline and associate members)
July 25-27, 2012
The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
100 Rue Iberville
New Orleans, LA 70130
Room block deadline- JULY 1. Make your room reservations here.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (ALL EVENTS WILL BE AT THE WESTIN)
Welcome Reception - Sunday, July 24, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Inflight Seminar - Monday, July 25, 8:30 a.m. - Tuesday, July 26, 1:00 p.m.
Human Resources Seminar - Monday, July 25, 8:30 a.m. - Tuesday, July 26, 1:00 p.m.
Anti-Drug & Alcohol Misuse Seminar - Tue., July 26, 1:00 p.m. - Wed., July 27, 12:00 p.m.
* Please consult the seminar agendas for the actual event times.
Register Online today!
Please visit the RAA Summer Seminars page on the RAA website for more information.
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About Regional Airline AssociationWith safety as its highest priority, RAA represents North American regional airlines, and the manufacturers of products and services supporting the regional airline industry, before the Congress, DOT, FAA and other federal agencies.
With more than 13,000 regional airline flights every day, regional airlines operate 53 percent of the nation's commercial schedule. Some 160 million passengers annually -- more than one of every five domestic airline passengers -- travel on regionals, and the more than 2,700 regional aircraft comprise about nearly 40 percent of the US commercial passenger fleet. Most notably, regional airlines serve 631 communities across the country and in 492 of those communities -- 75 percent of the US - - regional airlines provide the only scheduled service.
Founded in 1975, Washington, DC-based RAA also provides a wide array of technical, government relations and public relations services for regional airlines. The association's 29 member airlines and 200 associate members represent the key decision makers of this vital sector of the commercial aviation industry.
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