Today marks the end of the ACI-NA/ACC/FAA Airport Planning Redefined but only the beginning of the ACI-NA/ACC/FAA National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Practitioners Workshop in Kansas City, MO. This morning, the two workshops hosted several joint sessions that discussed how to effectively transition a project from the planning process to NEPA. A number of possible [...]
All posts for the month December, 2009
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Posted by Victoria Houghton on December 10, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/10/baby-its-cold-outside/
Christa Fornarotto on Open Skies Program
The U.S. currently has 94 Open-Skies aviation partners throughout the world and the DOT is working on some critical negotiations. Christa Fornarotto, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs U.S. Department of Transportation, spoke at the ACI-NA International Affairs Seminar last week in Washington, D.C., and offered some updates on the Open Skies Program. [...]
Posted by Victoria Houghton on December 7, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/07/christa-fornarotto-on-open-skies-program/
Any US Visit Exit Plan would be manpower intensive
The federal government’s proposed US VISIT Exit program will require additional security employees at the nation’s airports. Just how many will depend upon which tract Homeland Security takes. US VISIT Exit is a bio-metric sampling program mandated by Congress to record the departures of foreign visitors. The theory is that once fingerprints are collected, the [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on December 4, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/04/any-us-visit-exit-plan-would-be-manpower-intensive/
California airports form statewide airport consortium
The executive directors and chief executive officers of California’s 30 commercial airports have formed the California Airports Council to serve as a resource for Federal, state and local policymakers on issues facing commercial airports. John Martin, executive director of San Francisco International Airport, will serve as president of the CAC; and Jim Lites will serve [...]
Posted by webmaster on December 4, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/12/04/california-airports-form-statewide-airport-consortium/