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New MIA arrivals area named after AA exec
February 01, 2013 02:09 PM EST
COURTESY: Miami-Dade Aviation Department
MIAMI -
A new arrivals area at Miami International Airport was named after a veteran American
Airlines executive.
Peter Dolara, the American Airlines Senior Vice President from 1989 to 2012 who
helped build Miami International Airport into the top U.S. gateway for Latin America and
the Caribbean and busiest in the nation for international flights, now has the main
international entrance to the airport named in his honor.
A ceremony unveiling the “Peter J. Dolara World Gateway” inside MIA’s new North
Terminal International Arrivals Facility was held Thursday.
“There are few people who have meant more to the growth and success of Miami
International Airport than Peter Dolara,” said Mayor Carlos Gimenez. “For someone who
has helped expand international travel in Miami-Dade County like no one else, it is only
fitting that the entrance to our community from our new international arrivals facility is
named in his honor.”
In attendance at the ceremony were numerous former and current American Airlines
executives, including: Tom Horton, Chairman, President and CEO of AMR Corporation;
Gerard J. Arpey, AMR Chairman and CEO, 2004-2011; and Robert L. Crandall, AMR
Chairman and CEO, 1985-1998.