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October 29, 2007
FAA Recounts Actions on Runway Safety
After completing the analysis of ATC procedures pertaining to taxi clearances, the FAA found more explicit taxi instructions are needed. The findings came after the agency issued a Call to Action last August to reduce runway safety problems. It will issue...
October 29, 2007
JFK Meeting Yields Little
It is expected to take a month or more of closed-door contentious meetings between federal, airport and airline officials to determine whether voluntary or imposed flight reductions will fix “epidemic” delays at New York’s John F. Kennedy...
October 22, 2007
Narrowbodies Growing Faster than RJs at JFK
As domestic and international carriers gather this week to hammer out ways to reduce congestion at Kennedy International Airport in New York, the role of regional jets will be very much in play. After all, the FAA and the Port Authority of New York and New...
October 12, 2007
ERAM Delivered of Lockheed Martin
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declared it is on budget and ahead of schedule with a system that will increase capacity by enabling air traffic controllers to track more aircraft at high altitudes. Lockheed Martin, contractor for the En Route...
October 12, 2007
RAP Investigation Finds DOT has Funds for Fuel Adjustments
After its FOIA requests were rebuffed by the Department of Transportation, Regional Aviation Partners sought information related to the Department’s oversight of the Essential Air Service (EAS) program from public sources finding that DOT does, indeed...
October 5, 2007
Calyon Weighs in on Gov’t Restrictions, Regionals Hit Hardest
Calyon Securities Analyst Ray Niedl expects government restrictions proposed by the FAA to reduce delays will benefit airlines since they would inevitably raise prices and reduce inefficient utilization of airline assets. Related Story However, it would hit...
October 5, 2007
ADS-B Requirement by 2020
In a bid to decrease separation standards without compromising safety, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requiring all aircraft using controlled airspace to have satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance...
October 5, 2007
Dingell Proposes Climate Tax
Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.) is proposing legislation calling for a tax of 50 cents a gallon on gas, including jet fuel, a $50 per ton carbon tax on burning oil, coal or natural gas along with reducing or eliminating interest tax deductions on...
October 5, 2007
FAA Adopts ICAO Definition for Runway Incursions
Effective immediately, the FAA will use the definition for a runway incursion that has been adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in order to establish a single definition. The classification of the most serious runway incursions...
September 28, 2007
Commentary: Right Back Atcha, Mr. President
Thirty years after deregulation, the White House entered the passenger service fray by ordering the Department of Transportation to take care of the delay and congestion problems before the next summer season. That would be laughable, if it were not so sad...
September 24, 2007
Cutting Skeds OK with NW, Blakey Reverses Stance
Saying he is in favor of an industry-wide agreement to cut schedules to relieve congestion, Northwest Airlines CEO Douglas Steenland told USA Today said the ultimate result would be higher fares. He was responding to Former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey...
September 14, 2007
FAA Wants Skeds Cut Back
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, in her farewell address to the aviation industry before she left office last week, called on airlines to cut back schedules to reduce congestion or face government action. In his weekly diatribe against the agency, Boyd...
September 14, 2007
Helping Aircraft Avoid Turbulence
A new turbulence detection system under test is alerting pilots to patches of rough air as they fly through clouds, according to RAN’s sister publication Air Safety Week. The development is an advance on current technology which can only track certain...
September 14, 2007
Brits Join Attack on Short-Haul Flights
In an effort to relieve congestion, Tories would force regional and other short-haul passengers on to both domestic and European-bound, high-speed trains, impose new air travel taxes and impose a moratorium on airport expansion, according to a plan being...
September 7, 2007
Special Report: VLJ Commercial Regs in Works
While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) joined the rest of aviation pundits in saying the role of Very Light Jets (VLJs) in the National Airspace System (NAS) is uncertain, the biggest news indicated that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is...
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