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Monday, January 19, 2009
New Low-Cost Technology for Runway Incursions
The first contract to install and test a low-cost ground surveillance system that would improve runway safety at small to medium-sized airports was awarded to Thales ATM by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas,” said Acting Administrator... [read more]
January 19, 2009
DOT Deadline on LGA Slots
As part of a plan to stave off gridlock at LaGuardia next summer, the Department of Transportation issued a February 2 deadline for airlines to tell the department which flights they will voluntarily give up in order to reduce congestion at the airport. DOT...
January 19, 2009
House Includes Aviation Spending in Stimulus Package
It is little wonder that aviation groups differed on their take of the House stimulus package with Air Transport Association expressing disappointment and the American Association of Airport Executives applauding the bill which was $500 million short of the...
January 12, 2009
Osmus Succeeds Sturgell
In a last minute appointment, the Bush Administration named FAA veteran Lynne Osmus to succeed Robert Sturgell, effective tomorrow, as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, which is largely viewed as a place holder until the incoming...
January 5, 2009
Aviation Stimulus Creates 800K Jobs
Investing $30 billion on transportation infrastructure would create 834,000 jobs, according to the National Air Transportation Association. In a letter to Congress, President James Coyne said modernizing the air traffic control system increases capacity and...
January 5, 2009
Safety Watch
AE Plane, Others Hit by Winds A 90 degree turn caused by 60-knot winds on the ramp delayed the boarding of a Detroit-La Guardia American Eagle flight. The ERJ 135 was one of four aircraft battered by winds at Detroit between 5:30 and 6:05 a.m. on Sunday...
January 5, 2009
DOT to Cut Cap at LGA
Stalled from conducting slot auctions, the Department of Transportation said it will further cut flights at La Guardia as part of congestion reduction...
December 22, 2008
CPI Report Outlines Transportation’s Failures
Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of...
December 22, 2008
LaHood Tapped for DOT Post
At press time, retiring Republican Representative Ray LaHood (Ill.), who served on the House aviation subcommittee, was to be nominated Friday by President-elect Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Department of Transportation. LaHood ends his 13-year tenure...
December 22, 2008
Safety Watch – CRJ Gear Failures, Icing
NTSB Investigates CRJ Gear Failures The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the twin gear failures aboard a US Airways Air Wisconsin CRJ 200 in Philadelphia and a Mesa Airlines United Express CRJ 700 at Chicago. The CRJ...
December 22, 2008
Analysis: Rushing Toward Break Even: The Importance of a Good Aviation Policy
At a time when airlines are one of the bright lights in the economy with predictions of profitability next year, why is it that it has been consistently so acceptable that this important sector of the economy only break even or achieve mediocre profitability...
December 15, 2008
XJT Targeted in New Tarmac Stats
The Department of Transportation revised the data requirements airlines must file including not only include extended runway times for flights that were latter cancelled but flights diverted to alternate airports, two items not now filed with the department...
December 15, 2008
IATA Predicts ’09 Worst for 50 Years
While the U.S. industry is expected to be profitable next year, thanks to its dramatic and continuing capacity cuts, next year is expected to be the worst the industry has faced in 50 years, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Its...
December 15, 2008
Federal Court Stays Slot Auction
Industry leaders lauded the decision of a U.S. District Court of Appeals yesterday that precludes the January slot auction planned by the Department of Transportation to auction slots at the New York area airports. The ruling came after Air Transport...
November 24, 2008
Safety Watch
Dash 8 in Allentown Incident No injuries were reported to the 35 passengers aboard a US Airways Express de Havilland Dash 8 flight that declared an emergency when it could not lower its nose gear. Operated by Piedmont Airlines, the incident occurred at...
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