The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) a $290 million Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant to develop its fourth new runway. Th...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has hired 1,811 air traffic controllers during fiscal year 2024, exceeding its goal by 11. This also marks the largest number hires in nearly a decade. ...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Division of Aviation recently launched the Advanced Air Mobility Planning Grant Program. The goal of the program is to enhance airports to ...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and other Democrats focused on the need to invest in information technology systems in airports and at airlines across the country to beef up cybersecurity during commi...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation secured binding and enforceable protections from Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines prior to the close of their merger. The protections would p...
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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), in collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence, recently published a report highlighting the strength of the aerospace and defense industry and its co...
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Aircraft shipments saw piston airplanes increase 7.3 percent when compared to the second quarter of 2023, according to a recent General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) report. Business ...
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On Monday, air cargo industry advocacy organization Cargo Airline Association (CAA) joined more than 70 other industry groups in opposition of the NextNav petition to reorganize the lower 900 MHz band...
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Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Eric Fanning recently sent a letter to congressional leaders, urging certain legislative priorities for the remainder of 2024. The letter em...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had awarded more than $2 billion in grants for airports across the country to help with infrastr...
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On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and other Kansas officials broke ground on a new SAFFiRE plant at the Conestoga’s Arkalon Energy ethanol facility near Liberal, Kan. The plant, which wi...
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On Friday, the state of Kentucky said it would partner with the Appalachian Regional Commission to study the future of electric aircraft charging at airports in Appalachia. The partnership will al...
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On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it was awarding $300 million to invest in sustainable aviation fuel and related technologies. The funding, through the Inflation Redu...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the New York Stewart International Airport a $24.2 million Airport Improvement Program grant. The grant is reimbursement for a 2017 project th...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded nearly 300 grants in 47 states to modernize airports. The DOT said $566.4 million in Airport Inf...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded airports in 46 states and American Samoa 320 Airport Improvement Program grants totaling more than $636 million. The program funds project...
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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), an organization representing the American aerospace and defense industry, recently hired Adam Garnica to be its senior director of acquisition policy. â...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed new rules that would ban airlines from charging junk fees to seat families together on flights. The proposed rule would require airlines...
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On Wednesday, United Airlines announced it had become the first airline to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use at O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joine...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had awarded $427 million in funding for airport modernizations and improvement projects. Th...
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