Auto industry groups are fully engaged in the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations, hopeful to see the massive trade pact modernized in many ways, but meeting the threat ...
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Aircraft brokers Par Avion President Janine Iannarelli and jetAVIVA COO Robin Eissler have partnered to coordinate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey victims. Patient Airlift Service and Sky Hope ...
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The runway must be cleared by Sept. 30 for takeoff of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization — but even a civil approach appears daunting at this point. FAA reauthorization fac...
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A $900 million federal grant agreement for the development of the Maryland Purple Line Light Rail Project was recently announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Admi...
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United Airlines recently announced it will give up to three million bonus miles to MileagePlus members who donate to Hurricane Harvey relief charities. The charities are the American Red Cross, Am...
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Two of Capitol Hill’s prominent aviation-related labor unions have found more than one thing to support in the House proposal that aims to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Spe...
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As Hurricane Harvey continues to run rampant over Texas, the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex has been shut down and all the company’s personnel have been evacuated from offshore facilities affected by th...
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Lane departure warning systems are preventing accidents, an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study shows. The IIHS reviewed police reports from 2015 and noted crash details. The data ...
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The time to transform and reform the nation’s outdated air traffic control (ATC) network cannot be put off any longer, say two Capitol Hill transportation experts who garnered keen insight from thei...
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In response to a Trump Administration decision to withdraw a mandate of sleep apnea testing for certain transportation employees if symptoms are observed, four Democratic U.S. senators recently reques...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded $1.3 billion to 388 construction contracts during fiscal year 2017, ending June 30. “FY 17 has seen a continuation in Georgia DOT’...
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is examining whether the Commercial Space Act of 1998 should be changed to allow the sale of intercontinental ballistic missiles surplus motors for use ...
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently launched a program to create technology for the continual assurance of Learning-Enabled, Cyber Physical Systems. These systems run on...
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Reforming air traffic control (ATC) is a top priority for U.S. House Republicans when they return to Capitol Hill from their August recess and they’re expected to include it in a reauthorization bil...
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The Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN) has successfully created an airborne wireless network for the first time, using two Boeing 767s and a mobile system to establish proof of concept for the heretofor...
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Due to increasing gasoline production levels, high seasonal demand and rebalancing attempts on the global oil market, gas prices are expected to continue rising over the summer, according to the Ameri...
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A treaty to introduce global regulations to control the transfer of potentially dangerous invasive maritime species will enter into force on Sept. 8, 2017, according to a release from the Internationa...
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After repeated power failures in the New York City subway, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered Con Edison to take action to improve reliability, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said recen...
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Due to the slow pace of contract talks, officials at Frontier Airlines recently indicated they will ask the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), who represents the airlines’ employees, to give the th...
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P. Huerta, speaking at the Asia-Pacific Directors General of Civil Aviation Conference, recently told aviation leaders the FAA and Asian age...
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