AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

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October 6, 2008
Risky Runways Subject of House Hearing
In the wake of another runway incursion involving a regional airlines, the General Accounting Office told House hearings recently that the risk of runway incursions at U.S. airports remains high despite concerted effort by the Federal Aviation Administration...

October 6, 2008
Slot Auctions Illegal
The industry hailed the decision the finding of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that slot auctions are illegal and the FAA would be violating the law if it goes through with its slot auction at Newark. The GAO said FAA has no legal authority to...

September 29, 2008
Safety Watch – SkyWest, Mesa, go!, ASA
SkyWest to Install Runway Incursion Equipment The FAA is awarding SkyWest, US Airways and Southwest Airlines $600,000 each to install cockpit equipment to help them avoid runway incursions, something the National Transportation Safety Board has long wanted...

September 29, 2008
Analysis: Re-Regulation Appetite Large
It is the early days of the latest Wall Street crisis, but one thing is clear, the appetite for re-regulation is large. However, it is unlikely to go beyond re-regulating the banking and investment industry that was undone by its own excesses. Indeed, some...

September 15, 2008
Pinnacle #1 in On-Time Rankings
Just a few months after it received notification from Delta that its contract was being cancelled for failure to meet performance goals, Pinnacle achieved the number one ranking out of 19 major and regional airlines for having the best on-time arrival rate in...

September 15, 2008
AK Equips with RAAS
Alaska Airlines is equipping its entire 737 fleet with the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), the first major U.S. passenger carrier to equip its entire aircraft fleet with a system designed to help prevent accidents on runways and...

September 8, 2008
Energy/Air Service Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
In a wide-ranging report which includes suggestions for 9/11-like government bailouts of both airlines and airports and finally shifting security costs to the government, the AAAE Energy/Air Service Task Force issued recommendations from its July summit...

September 8, 2008
Eco Watch – Airlines Tout Fuel Efficiency
At a time when airlines have become easy targets in the war on global warning The Air Transport Association (ATA) released its 2008 Economic Report documenting the ATA airlines’ environmental progress and concluding passenger and cargo carriers improved...

September 8, 2008
Safety Watch – SkyWest, Comair
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two runway incursion incidents and an aircraft separation incident, all of which occurred in the last few days. In the first runway incursion incident, a commuter jet narrowly missed a general aviation...

September 8, 2008
FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction, Opens PANYNJ Investigation
After the Federal Aviation Administration stopped plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order halting the planned September 3 auction. Almost at the same time, however, the FAA launched an...

August 25, 2008
Commentary: FAA Does Not Trust Itself
As the Federal Aviation Administration faces more Congressional questioning of its oversight programs, one of the alphabet soup groups has actually quantified the FAA’s lack of standardization actually costs just one part of the industry. The aviation...

August 25, 2008
Happy Birthday, FAA
“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is celebrating its half-century as the “nation’s guardian of aviation safety and maestro of the intricate air traffic ballet that carries more than two million people to their destinations every...

August 25, 2008
Labor Day Pax to Drop 5.7 Percent
The Air Transport Association of America forecasts that 16 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million...

August 18, 2008
RAA Supports ATA Suit
In strongly worded statement supporting the Air Transport Association’s lawsuit aimed at blocking the Administration’s plan to auction off the nation’s airspace, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen said major cities will be...