Portland International Jetport Is A Growing Concern
By Jane Calderwood While in Maine last week, I went to visit Paul Bradbury, Director of the Portland International Jetport (PWM). Having worked closely with PWM in the mid-90s during their last major expansion project (while working for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe), I couldn’t resist the opportunity to get a first hand look at the [...]
Alaska Airlines Evaluates Pulsed Landing Lights to Mitigate Bird Hazards
At a recent meeting of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, Linda Chism of Alaska Airlines described their evaluation of pulsed wingtip landing lights to mitigate bird hazards. Between Oct. 2008 and Oct. 2009, Alaska Airlines experienced 309 bird strikes. These strikes were reported by flight crews on walk-around, by mechanics or by pilots as in-flight [...]
Airlines and Airports Working Together to Recycle Waste
By Paul Eubanks I recently had the pleasure of attending the ACI-NA Airport Board Members and Commissioners Conference in Savannah, GA. It’s a wonderful annual conference (near 100 attendees) that brings together a diverse group of airport Boards throughout North America. I want to especially thank Patrick Graham and the entire Savannah Airport Commission for their [...]
Focus of Climate Change Debate Shifting on the Hill
By Annie Russo As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begins implementing its rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions, the United States Senate is taking notice. Last year, the EPA deemed global warming as a risk to public health and welfare and used it to justify regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. It has been [...]
All I Want for Christmas…
By Jessica Steinhilber …is an extension to the deadline for comments on the EPA’s proposed effluent limitation guidelines to address stormwater runoff from airport and airline deicing activities. (Put that in a song!) Apparently I was good this year because EPA granted my wish. In yesterday’s Federal Register, EPA officially announced that the original comment [...]
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