By Larry D. Cox, A.A.E. If Congress moves forward expeditiously, either during the recess or upon their return in early September, and funds the balance of fiscal year 2011 AIP program, the impact can be reasonably mitigated.  However, as a dual passenger and cargo hub, and the world’s second largest cargo airport, continued delay beyond [...]

By Chris Oswald Struggling to find the right adjectives to describe Congress’ decision to leave town before passing an FAA extension?  You’re in luck because a Washington Post/Pew Research Center poll regarding the recent debt ceiling crisis gives you lots of choices. Unlike the debt ceiling crisis, the FAA reauthorization debacle has claimed very real [...]

By Paul Eubanks Due to congressional disagreement on how to extend authorization funding, the FAA remains partially shut-down.  At the heart of the disagreement are programmatic changes to the Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service program. When Congress first began debate on whether to deregulate the airline industry in the late 1970s, several lawmakers were [...]

Today, DOT Secretary LaHood wrote a blog post which calls Congress to action on the FAA extension because many “good, working families” are caught in a “partisan debate.”  ACI-NA President Greg Principato agrees and responded to his post. Here is what he said. Secretary LaHood, we here at ACI-NA applaud all your efforts to convince [...]