Cliff Moshoginis grew up near Detroit Metro and wiled away the hours on the pre-security-era "Observation Deck."The son of a soldier in the Air Guard, he long has been more than an observer in the world of aviation. After a stint with the airlines, he signed on with the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport in 1993. When he took over as director in June of 2006, questions and a bit of uncertainty surrounded the future of the airport, but Moshoginis has never waivered in his vision of a prosperous, busy airport serving Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties and surrounding communities.
"It's going to happen," he told a business audience this winter of the terminal expansion that will serve passengers for the next quarter century. In fact, with the guidance of the business-based Kalamazoo County Aeronautics Board of Trustees and a supportive Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, it's back to the drawing board -- literally -- to expand the facility.
"Look for construction in '09, possibly as early as later this year," says
Moshoginis, who will spend his share of time in Washington, D.C. making sure the funds keep flowing into this part of the state. Using his 28 years of industry experience, Moshoginis also fights for other Michigan airports as President of the Michigan Association of Airport Executives.
Meanwhile, airlines, too, are demonstrating their confidence in AZO. As it should be in air transportation, things are looking up. American is adding a fifth nonstop flight to Chicago, and Continental is due back in June.
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