Faulty decision-making was the cause of most of Idaho’s 22 general-aviation accidents in 2016, according to a report by Idaho’s Division of Aeronautics. The majority of the accidents, 73 percen...
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The Pittsburgh International Airport and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have built on a series of past partnerships with a new Aviation Innovation Lab, focusing on innovative projects for the airpor...
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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) recently said it supports the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s (GOAA) decision to reverse a vote to begin the process of privatizing securi...
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, recently sent a letter to Calvin Scovel III, U.S. Department of Transportation inspector genera...
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced last week a bill to enhance women’s place in the aviation industry. The bill is the result of bipartisan efforts between U.S. Reps. ...
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Members of the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security were none too pleased with the numbers they saw for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...
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The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) unveiled a new app for iPad users that allows them to search airport maps, services, and contact information for approximately 50 public-use airports and...
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Investment and growth in airports globally has spiked as the economy recovers, according to Airports Council International (ACI) World’s Airport Economics Report. Global passenger traffic has inc...
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A bipartisan coalition of 19 U.S. senators recently sent a letter to their colleagues, asking them to not add more traffic to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, overburdening the facility. ...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently released data scores for more than 2,100 transportation-improvement projects. The scores are part of the evaluation process and are...
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Regional airline Great Lakes Aviation recently ceased operations after 40 years and has begun implementing employee layoffs. The airline operated domestic scheduled and charter services with small tur...
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Southwest Airlines Co. recently announced this year’s winners of the Southwest Airlines Medical Transportation Grant Program (MTGP). This year, there are 79 recipients, all nonprofit hospitals a...
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Though their purposes vary, state governments are clearly becoming more comfortable with the use of drones, with an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials survey determinin...
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The UK Transport Select Committee recently endorsed Heathrow Airport as the correct location to expand airport capacity, a decision supported by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...
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Airlines for America (A4A) recently applauded Congress for its omnibus bill that funds the federal government. The bill also rejects the proposed doubling of the Passenger Facility Charge, which A4...
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Air Transport International (ATI) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), recently ratified a three-year collective bargaining agreement. Negotiations began i...
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Honeywell’s latest product line is changing the capabilities of flights all over the world, through both data analytics and a cheaper wifi router. The former is based on Flight Efficiency softwa...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dealing with the use of passenger harness systems on commercial flights tha...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently extended the deadline U.S. Part 91 operators to receive authorization for Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), a technology that allows...
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Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) introduced a bill Thursday that would ban pets from airplanes’ overhead compartments. The legislation is in response to the death of a dog March 12 on a United Airlines fligh...
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