REGIONAL AIR ALLIANCE OF WEST MICHIGAN
2900 CHARLEVOIX DRIVE SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546 www.raawm.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: REGIONAL AIR ALLIANCE OF WEST MICHIGAN (RAAWM) WAS INCORPORATED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2009 AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT IRC 501(C)(3) CORPORATION WITH A MISSION TO STUDY, RESEARCH, ANALYZE AND INVESTIGATE MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE IN WESTERN MICHIGAN. RAAWM WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE INTENT TO HYPOTHESIZE, EXPERIMENT, ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT IMPROVED COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE HAS ON THE MACRO-ECONOMIC, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE REGION. THE INFORMATION SO DERIVED IS THEN DISSEMINATED, AND THE RESULTS AND FINDINGS MADE AVAILABLE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM KEY POLICYMAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATING TO COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY.

MISSION TO STUDY, RESEARCH, ANALYZE, AND INVESTIGATE MATTERS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE IN WESTERN MI TO EDUCATE KEY POLICYMAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC

THE REGIONAL AIR ALLIANCE OF WEST MICHIGAN CONTINUED TO PURSUE, TO VARYING DEGREES, EACH OF ITS PRIMARY ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SET OUT AT ITS FORMATION. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOCUS AREAS WERE TWO: 1) EFFORTS TO FACILITATE THE CONTINUED WEST MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE OF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOLLOWING THE REVIEW OF THE OPERATING HISTORY OF AIRTRAN AIRWAYS (WHICH WAS ACQUIRED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES) AND, 2) EFFORTS TO BETTER RESEARCH THE PASSENGER MARKETPLACE AND HOW THE GERALD R FORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COULD IMPROVE ON ITS DELIVERED PASSENGER EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING; FACILITY REVIEW, SERVICE REVIEW, CONCESSIONS, ETC.)

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