US transportation secretary-nominee Anthony Foxx told Congress that modernizing and building up the country’s transportation infrastructure, including implementing the NextGen air traffic control system, will be a top priority during his tenure heading the Dept. of Transportation (DOT).
With barely four months to go before the September ICAO assembly deadline for reaching a global agreement on market-based measures to offset aviation emissions, the prospects seem somber....More
UK air traffic services provider NATS will provide airspace advice to the Airports Commission set up by the UK government to examine the need for additional airport capacity and recommend to government how this can be met in the short-, medium- and long-term....More
US transportation secretary-nominee Anthony Foxx told Congress that modernizing and building up the country’s transportation infrastructure, including implementing the NextGen air traffic control system, will be a top priority during his tenure heading the Dept. of Transportation (DOT)....More
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of Qingdao Airlines as it continues to green light new privately run airlines....More
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that DOT’s legislation introduced at the end of April will prevent further air traffic controller furloughs and keep open low activity towers that were slated for closure under congressional budget cuts....More
An influential group of British lawmakers has spoken out in favor of expanding London Heathrow Airport with a third—and perhaps even a fourth—runway....More
The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism has given the green light to conclude an agreement giving enhanced cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Eurocontrol....More
The European Commission has put forward a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the rights of air passengers, and clarifying ambiguities in existing legislation that have exposed a number of legal loopholes....More
Charlotte, N.C. mayor Anthony Foxx was nominated Monday by President Barack Obama to become the US’s 17th secretary of transportation, replacing Ray LaHood, the former Republican congressman from Illinois who has served as head of the US Department of Transportation for over four years....More
President Barack Obama will nominate Charlotte, N.C., mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next US transportation secretary, according to widespread media reports....More
The US should look to what’s happening at airports worldwide and think bigger and more strategically about how its airports can best raise the investments necessary to keep them competitive on a global scale, the head of the Airports Council International said Monday....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
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