A Timeline of ACI

1948: Establishment of the Airport Operators Council (later Airport Operators Council International
AOCI), based in Washington D.C.

1950: Establishment of the Western European Airports Association WEAA, based in Zurich.

1962: Establishment of the International Civil Airports Association ICAA, based in Paris.

1970: Establishment of the Airport Associations Coordinating Council (AACC) to represent collectively AOCI, ICAA and WEAA with ICAO, IATA and other worldwide aviation organizations.

1971: ICAO grants AACC observer status.

1972: Opening of AACC permanent secretariat in Geneva.

1974: United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN/ECOSOC) grants AACC consultative status.

1985: Dissolution of WEAA. Member airports join ICAA and/or AOCI.

1991: Establishment of the Airports Council International (ACI), integrating AOCI and ICAA  
and succeeding AACC. Structured in six geographical regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin
America/Caribbean, North America, and the Pacific, ACI establishes its headquarters in
Geneva and regional offices in Cairo, New Delhi, Brussels, Caracas, Washington D.C.,
and Honolulu.  

1991: Establishment of ACI World Standing Committees. Regional Committees on same subjects
and others also set up.

1991: Appointment of Oris W. Dunham as the Director General of ACI.

1993: Establishment of the ACI Fund for Developing Nations' Airports, based in Geneva.

1994: Establishment of the ACI World Business Partner programme.
Relocation of ACI Pacific Regional Office from Honolulu to Vancouver.
Opening of the ACI Liaison Office with ICAO in Montreal.

1997: Appointment of Jonathan Howe as the Director General of ACI.

2002: Appointment of Robert J. Aaronson as the Director General of ACI.
Relocation of ACI Africa Regional Office from Cairo to Tunis.

2004: Relocation of ACI LAC Regional Office from Caracas to Merida, and ACI Pacific Regional offices from   
Vancouver to Hong Kong.

2006: Transitional merge of ACI Pacific and ACI Asia Regions; centrally managed from Hong Kong.

2007: Relocation of ACI Africa Regional Office from Tunis to Morocco.

2008: ACI Asia-Pacific Region officially merged.

2008: Appointment of Angela Gittens as the new Director General of ACI World.

2008: Relocation of ACI World from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 (Ancienne Aerogare) at Geneva International
Airport.

2009: Relocation of ACI LAC Regional Office from Merida to Sao Paulo.