Author: JFK Chamber of Commerce

Scottish-born David Tait began his aviation career with the Thompson/Britannia group, working in Spain, Greece, the USSR and Cyprus. Tait then moved to Toronto to join Wardair Canada. Within two years the iconic Sir Freddie Laker hired him to help launch Laker Airways’ UK-bound charter flights in Canada, and later his ‘Skytrain Scheduled Service’ from the USA. Laker was forced to shut down in early 1882 – paradoxically largely due to its success –then, in December 1983, Freddie volunteered Tait’s name to one Richard Branson as someone who could assist the young British music industry entrepreneur with his “crazy notion”…

The John F. Kennedy International Airport Chamber of Commerce was chartered in March 1978 by a group of business people in the JFK Airport area. JFK is the only airport in the nation to have its own Chamber of Commerce dedicated to the airport business community. Their object was to create an environment in which they could gather together to share their common concerns. They have been successful in enhancing the general welfare of the airport community in terms of fostering better relationships between one another and various governmental agencies at the Federal, State, City and local levels.