Ted Stevens returns to aviation as Anchorage International manager

Alaska DoT

Alaskan governor Bill Walker has appointed Jim Szczesniak as airport manager at Ted Stevens Anchorage International.

Mr Szczesniak’s appointment sees him return to the aviation sector after nearly a decade as chief operating officer of a Chicago-based manufacturing business.

Prior to this, he had held multiple roles for the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), overseeing the city’s Midway and O’Hare airports, having joined the organisation straight out of university.

In 1998 he was appointed as CDA airport operations supervisor, with responsibility for airfield operations ...