The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) began tearing down its Terminal 3 this week as the official beginning of construction for the $1.86 billion Delta Sky Way project, which aims to modernize a...
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The Safety is Not for Sale Act, introduced last week in the Senate, would require airline carriers to adopt additional safety features and require aircraft manufacturers offer or provide all non-requ...
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The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) recently released a statement in support of the Safety Is Not for Sale Act that has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. The bill would require aircr...
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Work began Monday on the reconstruction of Runway 13L-13R at John F. Kennedy International Airport and will be closed while workers repave. Construction workers will use concrete instead of asphal...
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Mesa Airlines, SkyWest -- a regional carrier for United Airlines -- and Envoy Air -- a regional carrier for American Airlines, notified Columbia Regional Airport (COU) in Columbia, Mo. Saturday eveni...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is constantly working to identify screening issues, but while covert tests have improved, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) attests that oper...
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The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) recently completed the installation of 2,980 solar panels at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The panels were installed over a th...
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A $96.8 million computed tomography (CT) systems contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was awarded last week to Smiths Detection, Inc. The contract will cover the next fi...
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Aviation recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel, requesting a fed...
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The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019 this week, earning praise from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in ...
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U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s (R-MN) Notice to Airmen Improvement Act, which would revamp aviation safety through demanding clearer safety notifications to pilots, has advanced the House Transportation ...
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As Boeing rushes to fix fatal flaws in its 737 MAX aircraft, U.S. Sens. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) have written to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting another indepe...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has created a Special Committee of industry experts to review the procedures used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to certify new aircraft. ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently spoke at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the importance of modernizing rural airports’ infrastructure. "We all have the same...
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As the global community continues a backlash against Boeing over two 737 Max series plane crashes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Daniel...
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A record 158.2 million passengers will fly globally on U.S. airlines between March 1 and April 30, industry trade organization Airlines for America (A4A) forecasts. If the prediction is accurate, ...
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Though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made forward steps toward implementing Congressionally mandated cyber initiatives in recent years, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Offic...
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Global passenger traffic grew in January at a rate consistent with December 2018, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World, reaching 4.8 percent. Domestic passenger volume grew 5.2 ...
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Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) staff revealed at this month’s board meeting that the agency’s ground transportation plan to help mitigate traffic congestion in and around Boston Logan In...
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently examined the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and concluded the Office of Aviation needs more transparency. The millions of passengers an...
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