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| 07.28.2008 |
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Public-Private Partnership Aims to Increase Air Traffic Capacity
A new non-profit group – Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) – wants to help accelerate implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and “realize the early economic and environmental benefits of...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Raytheon, Sensis to Study Aircraft Impact on NextGen
Raytheon Company will lead a team of air transportation experts from industry and academia to study the impact of new classes of aircraft on the next generation air transportation system including very light jets, super heavy transports, un-crewed aircraft...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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NASA Developing Wing Shape Sensors
NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape in order to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall aircraft efficiency. The Fiber Optic Wing Shape Sensor system...
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| 07.14.2008 |
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NTSB Tackles Fatigue, Rejected Takeoffs
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently called for new requirements for pilots flying in Part 121, 135 and 91 subpart K operations to address fatigue as well as to require additional training regarding rejected landings and takeoffs. The...
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| 07.14.2008 |
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Cessna Creates Hassle-Factor Video
Cessna Aircraft Company is taking its marketing program to Broadway with a new video appearing over the next two months on one of the jumbo video screens in New York's Times Square. The company is capitalizing on the recent Travel Industry Association study...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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Analysis: FAA LGA Action Discriminatory
After the Federal Aviation Administration proposed halving the number of hourly slots for unscheduled operations at La Guardia from six to three, the National Air Transportation Association filed an objection, saying the proposal has met with opposition from...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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Commentary: User Fee Debate Complicated by Uninformed Study
Numerous press reports are buying the convoluted and wrong-headed logic of a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Essential Action which blames extra fees for checked bags, long security lines and crowded commercial flights on business jets used...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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Eclipse Cleared for Known Icing, Ice Research Makes Breakthrough
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Flight into Known Icing (FIKI) certification for the Eclipse 500. Eclipse conducted its first test flight with an artificial ice shape in August of 2007. Since that time, more than 300 flight hours on three...
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| 06.16.2008 |
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DayJet, FAA Sign NextGen Test Agreement
After working informally with the Federal Aviation Administration, DayJet Corporation signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the FAA to begin a five-year, phased implementation of proven NextGen technologies throughout Florida. The tests, which will...
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| 06.16.2008 |
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FAA Focusing on Pilot Deviations
Washington, DC – As part of its continuing emphasis on runway safety, the Federal Aviation Administration told the National Air Transportation Association second Air Charter Summit that FAA’s main focus with respect to general aviation is reducing...
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| 06.09.2008 |
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ICAO Launches Carbon Offset Standard
The International Civil Aviation Organization launched a new carbon offset standard on Thursday governing how much passengers should pay to offset their emissions footprint. The standard immediately came under fire in Europe when an official at...
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| 06.09.2008 |
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Commentary: Are Controllers Really Having VLJ Problems? No
USA Today’s Alan Levin reported last week that controllers are charging that the slowness of Very Light Jets causes problems with the pacing of aircraft. However, the controllers who were complaining, top officials at two National Air Traffic...
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| 06.02.2008 |
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Analysis: Hassle Factor a Marketing Blueprint for Air Taxis
If the air taxi industry could capture the disgruntled airline passenger, which may already be happening to some extent, it could also capture some of the $9 billion it cost airlines as the hassle factor drove passengers to avoid 41 million trips in the past...
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| 05.26.2008 |
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FAA Adopts New Taxi Instructions
Under new FAA procedures that take effect this week, air traffic controllers must provide specific taxi routes to pilots, instead of simply clearing operators to proceed to the runway through a series of taxi instructions. The procedures call for controllers...
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| 05.26.2008 |
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FAA Names Senior VP to Oversee Modernization Efforts
Vicki Cox was named senior vice president of NextGen and Operations Planning for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Cox, who previously served as a vice president in the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization, will lead the effort to transform the...
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| 05.12.2008 |
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Industry Blasts Feds on FAA Bill, Congestion Pricing
Industry was shocked as the Senate failed to pass a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill last week, effectively killing chances for a bill this year, despite continuing efforts to bring it to a Senate vote again. Most chalked it up to an...
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| 05.12.2008 |
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GA Taking on Emissions
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President James K. Coyne testified yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Aviation at the hearing "Aviation and the Environment: Emissions" highlighting NATA’s...
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| 05.12.2008 |
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Eclipse Gains Indian, Australian Certification
Eclipse Aviation’s Eclipse 500 received certification from both India and Australia paving the way for customers in both regions. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India granted the first foreign country Eclipse 500 certification on April...
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| 05.05.2008 |
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Reauthorization Faces White House Veto
The rejection of user fees in the FAA reauthorization bill, celebrated by both regional airlines and the general/business aviation communities, may earn the much needed legislation a veto when the bill reaches the White House. A policy statement from the...
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| 04.28.2008 |
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Fed Watch -- Reauthorization, AIP Increases
Senate to Hold Reauthorization Vote Senate Finance and Commerce committees reached a deal which increases in general aviation contributions to the Aviation Trust Fund, clearing the way for a vote on FAA reauthorization this week. But the deal calls for the...
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