At its 31st Annual Public Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference this week, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) honored four recipients for their model rol...
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Testifying before Congress last week, union affiliates of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) advocated for aviation safety, calling attention to a host of issues they see as suspect....
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The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) released a report Wednesday highlighting the safety benefits of having at least two pilots on the flight deck. The paper was released in conjunction...
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Two Kentucky general aviation airports will receive nearly $11 million in federal discretionary grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve aviation infrastructure and boost safety an...
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recently completed phase one of the $658.3 million North Satellite Modernization Project. The project included a 255,000 square-foot expansion, featuring housin...
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Tampa International Airport recently began a 30-day pilot program, which will test three different biometric face-scan vendors to determine which vendor is the best fit for the airport. The scanner...
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The Fair and Open Skies Act was introduced in the House this week, pledging to prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from granting foreign air carrier permits to those airlines seekin...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants to 264 airports throughout the country, as well as in the Pacific Islands and the District of Col...
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Three New York Congress members recently sent a letter to Evelyn Martinez, manager of the FAA Airports District Office in Jamaica, New York, urging the agency to hold a public meeting on overhead nois...
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice in the Federal Register last week seeking comments on a proposed regulation change that would modify fire protection on airplanes. ...
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The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport has been named the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Airport of the Year for 2019, marking the third time it has taken home the honor, though it is a sig...
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The global air freight market declined 3.6 percent in April compared to 2018, while global passenger figures grew 2.9 percent, according to the Airports Council International (ACI) World. For the f...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently advanced its biennial re-assessment of its 2017-2026 Capital Plan and will present the plan to the board of commissioners today. The plan refl...
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During a visit to Texas this week, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was releasing $495 million in airport infrastructure grants to 327 ...
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Gary Peters (D-MI) sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week urging represe...
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Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will install facial recognition at three airports over the next month. The technology will be installed at boarding ga...
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Investment is slacking at airports, leaving runways, terminals, gates and other improvements lagging behind, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has its sights on a federal cap o...
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors and MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board (FMCB) approved this week a five-year, $18.3 billion capital investment plan th...
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Tampa International Airport (TPA) was provided with $7 million in the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which advanced through the U.S. House Appropriations Committee last week. ...
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Michigan’s Flint Bishop International Airport will gain more than $8 million for the reconstruction of its primary runway 9/27 and other updates under a federal Airport Improvement Grant awarded by ...
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