On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) announced it had reached a $4.5 million settlement agreement with Air Canada over American customer r...
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U.S. freight activity will grow 50 percent to 28.7 billion tons between 2020 and 2050, and will double in value to $36.2 trillion, according to an industry forecast recently published by the U.S. Depa...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation, recently sent a letter...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently invited the public to comment on a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Ala., to serve as a reentr...
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A coalition of organizations representing the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers, airlines, pilots, and operators recently sent a letter to the National Economic Council urging a delay in deplo...
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U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Garret Graves (R-LA) are asking the Biden administration to outline its plans for handling any disruptions to the aviation system due to vaccine mandates. In a let...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, that the United States had created a plan to achieve net-zero green...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Monday that it will offer an additional $184 million in funding to 158 more aviation manufacturing businesses. The Aviation Manufacturing Jo...
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Seven Oregon airports recently received more than $13.5 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) to help cover costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and support rent a...
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) that would promote innovation and growth in the aviation industry advanced the House Thursday. The Advanced Air ...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require flight data and cockpit voice recorders in most helicopters. Flight data recorders, also known as black...
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Six aviation organizations recently sent a letter to the leaders of two Congressional committees urging increased funding for the Alternative Fuels for General Aviation program in the final funding al...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently proposed a rule that would require commercial hot-air-balloon pilots to hold the same second-class medical certificate as commercial pilots when oper...
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Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, along with partners from the Federal Aviation Administration, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines, celebrated the completion of the first phase of the Great Hall P...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking designs for control towers that can be built and operated sustainably at regional and municipal airports. The agency seeks solicitations that wi...
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On Monday, Frontier Airlines began providing flights four times a week to Orlando International Airport from New York Stewart International Airport, approximately 60 miles north of Manhattan in the Hu...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released recommendations for increasing aviation safety in Alaska. The recommendations were the result of a yearlong examination of safety issues ...
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Business aviation leaders pledged to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) 2021 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. The h...
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Recent figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics show that U.S. airlines employment went up slightly in August 2021, but is still below the numbers employed by the airline industry in Augus...
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Airports Council International (ACI) World will address recovery, resilience and sustainability following the coronavirus pandemic at a virtual conference Tuesday through Oct. 22. The purpose of the ...
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