Airport and convention officials in Las Vegas hope to add additional Chinese carriers to McCarran International Airport terminals. (Image: Jeff Scheid\/Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt the 22nd annual International Aviation Forecast Summit, being held this week in Las Vegas at the Wynn, aviation industry leaders gathered to discuss the future of sky-based travel.<\/p>\n
The LVCVA’s efforts were a hot topic, with many interested in\u00a0the China-US Travel Opportunities Symposium, a special segment of the conference that for three years now has been growing in popularity, especially since China-based Hainan began offering non-stop service to Sin City.<\/span><\/p>\n\n“The program has been very successful,\u201d Mike Boyd, whose Colorado-based aviation consultancy runs the annual conference, told the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal.\u00a0<\/i><\/span>“Hainan Airlines likes it. The passengers like it. And we’re gathering anecdotal but valuable information from those passengers.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nUnlike most cities where airports are solely responsible for managing relationships with airlines, in Las Vegas, the LVCVA works collaboratively with the airport. <\/span><\/p>\nMcCarran experienced its second busiest year in history in 2016, with about 47.4 million passengers moving through its terminals. (Las Vegas saw closer to 48 million visitors arrive by air in 2007.)<\/span><\/p>\nThe LVCVA is public-private agency tasked with various responsibilities that bring tourists en masse to Las Vegas, and working with the airport and airlines has become increasingly important in their efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n