Sky Harbor CEO says company will join community as partner as hangar campus breaks ground

Tal Keinan, chairman and chief executive of Sky Harbor Group, told the groundbreaking audience that the company was proud to join the Chicago Executive Airport community and asked local stakeholders to "see us as members of that community."

Keinan summarized Sky Harbor’s footprint, saying the company has 22 airports in development or operation and that the new hangar campus represents the company’s 13th campus. He described the project as the result of cooperation across municipal and regional governments and thanked the Sky Harbor team and local partners for their work getting the project to groundbreaking.

Keinan’s remarks were ceremonial and focused on community relations rather than regulatory specifics. He closed by joining other speakers preparing for the ceremonial dirt‑throwing that marked the start of construction activity at the site.