By Kevin McCauley
Nick Calio, who heads Citigroup's global government affairs, will helm the Air Transport Assocation on Jan. 1.
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He succeeds Jim May, who guided the airline industry group through the upheaval following the 9/11 terror attacks.
Calio joined Citi in 2003. The 57-year-old exec serves as a member of the banking giant's senior leadership team and has responsibility for communications in more than 100 countries.
Earlier, Calio worked for both Bush administrations in the role of assistant to the president for legislative affairs and chief liaison to Congress. He co-founded the O'BrienCalio lobbying firm.
The ATA says it members account for $1 trillion of annual economic activity and handle 90 percent of passenger and cargo traffic in the U.S.
According to a statement from ATA and United Continental Holdings chairman Glenn Tilton, Calio is to deal with issues such as improving access to international markets, hiking federal investment in air traffic infrastructure, and reducing excessive taxation and regulation.
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