Ferrovial Vertiports, a division of Ferrovial Airports, has appointed Kirk Hotelling as Senior Vice President of real estate and development, reporting to Ferrovial Vertiports CEO Kevin Cox. In this role, Hotelling will lead global site selection, negotiations and construction for the development of the company’s planned vertiport networks. He will be based at Ferrovial Vertiports headquarters in Irving, Texas.

As Ferrovial Vertiports works to develop the innovative, sustainable vertiport networks needed to transform urban air mobility, Hotelling further strengthens its team with decades of experience in the commercial and private aviation, advanced air mobility, infrastructure, real estate and public sectors.

Hotelling brings nearly 25 years of commercial aviation experience, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Real Estate for American Airlines, where he oversaw relationships with the global airline’s more than 340 domestic and international airports, including hubs at Dallas-Fort Worth, Charlotte, Miami and Phoenix international airports. During his tenure, he also led the development of American’s 300-acre headquarters campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Before joining US Airways in 2000, Hotelling served as an officer in the U.S. Army and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.