Ontario International Airport (ONT) last week announced that James Kesler has been named its new chief operations officer, where he will be tasked with strengthening the airport’s strategic and business development initiatives, revenue generation endeavors and innovation efforts.
Kesler has served as a consultant to ONT since the airport’s transfer from the City of Los Angeles to a joint authority of the City of Ontario and San Bernardino County in 2016. In that role, Kesler helped bring Amazon to ONT as an air cargo tenant, increased real estate revenue by more than $3.5 million and played a leading role in attracting new airline passenger service.
“James is well-known and highly respected among our commissioners, staff and airline partners,” said Atif Elkadi, CEO of the Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA). “James’s experience and depth of knowledge have been critical to our airport’s success since the transfer to local ownership and his ongoing work will be vital to Ontario International’s position as an economic driver for Southern California as we move forward.”
