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.
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
[UPDATED] The US Congress passed legislation to give FAA flexibility to transfer funds to enable the agency to end furloughs of air traffic controllers, at least through the end of the US government’s fiscal year Sept. 30....More
The head of IATA has called for a US aviation agenda that would recognize that America’s airline industry is deregulated and should be treated as such....More
FAA’s planned furloughs of air traffic controllers are set to begin next week, prompting Airlines for America (A4A) to file a lawsuit Friday against the agency to prevent the furloughs and flight delays that are expected to result....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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