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| 08.29.2008 |
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FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction
After the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the Department of Transportation to stop plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order which halted the planned September 3 auction. FAA Chief...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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FAA Investigates PANYNJ on Slot Action
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday initiated an administrative proceeding, known as a notice of investigation, to determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will violate federal regulations if it follows through with its...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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FAA Meltdown
The system came to a screeching halt yesterday as an FAA computer system that processes flight plans at a facility outside Atlanta failed about 1:30 pm Eastern time at a time when...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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Multilateration at Stockholm-Arlanda
In less than 18 months from contract award, Sensis Corporation’s Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration is now fully operational at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The system is fully integrated into Arlanda’s Advanced –...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Commentary: FAA Does Not Trust Itself
As the Federal Aviation Administration faces more Congressional questioning of its oversight programs, one of the alphabet soup groups has actually quantified the FAA’s lack of standardization actually costs just one part of the industry. The aviation...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Happy Birthday, FAA
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is celebrating its half-century as the “nation’s guardian of aviation safety and maestro of the intricate air traffic ballet that carries more than two million people to their destinations every...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Labor Day Pax to Drop 5.7 Percent
The Air Transport Association of America forecasts that 16 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million...
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| 08.25.2008 |
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Safety and Technology Trends
Controllers Get Credentials U.S. air traffic controllers are being credentialed. They began receiving credentials in March 2008 after a MoU was signed by FAA's Air Traffic Organization and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. The credentialing...
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| 08.22.2008 |
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Wide Area Multilateration Leader
Sensis Corporation’s multilateration technology, Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS), has been chosen by eight air navigation service providers around the world to meet diverse wide area surveillance challenges. MDS provides highly accurate...
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| 08.22.2008 |
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OK Airport Weather Monitoring Planned
Plans are on schedule to install state-of-the-art Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) at three airports in Oklahoma this fall. The unattended AWOS manufactured by All Weather, Inc. (AWI) will provide continuously updated weather information to...
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| 08.19.2008 |
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New Tower at Palm Beach Int’l
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded an $18.1 million contract to construct a new airport traffic control tower at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. The new 231 foot-tall, stand-alone tower will be relocated from the south side of the...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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RAA Supports ATA Suit
In strongly worded statement supporting the Air Transport Association’s lawsuit aimed at blocking the Administration’s plan to auction off the nation’s airspace, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen said major cities will be...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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Airlines Under Attack on All Fronts
Listening to the recent Energy/Air Service Summit organized by the American Association of Airport Executives, one would think that fuel was the airline industry’s only problem. While it may be the focus of much attention, Cyriel Kronenburg, assistant...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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Super Jumbo Lands at Kennedy Int'l
An Airbus Industrie A380 touched down at New York's Kennedy International on Aug. 1, marking the first revenue flight of the giant, double-decker commercial transport on U.S. soil. The Emirates aircraft, carrying 489 passengers, is the second airline to put...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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NTSB Addresses Runway Collision at Florida Airport
On November 6, 2007, a Cessna 208B (N701SE) operated by Florida Air Cargo, and a Beech E18S (N18R) operated by Island Air Service, collided on taxiway C at the intersection with taxiway N at Opa Locka Airport (OPF), Miami, FL. There were no injuries but both...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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Alaska Air Cancels Flights Due to Volcanic Ash
Alaska Airlines was forced to cancel nearly 50 flights between the state of Alaska and Lower 48 states and had to add flights to re-accommodate about 5,200 passengers affected by earlier cancellations due to the threat of volcanic ash. The airline suspended...
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| 08.15.2008 |
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Sensis Deploys 13th ASDE-X
Sensis’s Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) is now operational at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, the 13th to be commissioned through the FAA’s ASDE-X program that will deploy systems to a total of 35 airports...
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| 08.14.2008 |
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ALPA Loves Logan
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPa) selected Boston Logan International (BOS) as the 2008 “Airport of the Year.” Pilots lauded the airport’s extensive efforts to reduce runway incursions and excursions through enhanced markings and...
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| 08.13.2008 |
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RAA Supports ATA Suit
In strongly worded statement supporting the Air Transport Association’s lawsuit aimed at blocking the Administration’s plan to auction off the nation’s airspace, RAA President Roger Cohen said major cities will be shut out of access to New...
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| 08.13.2008 |
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Mesaba Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing
A Mesaba Airlines Bombardier CRJ 900 made an emergency landing at Houston yesterday after a...
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