Brooks Sees Better Days for Air Cargo
Posted March 15 by Liying Gu
There is growth down the road for the air cargo business and the new, tighter security rules may give a forward-thinking small airport an opportunity to land new business.
At the second day of the annual ACI-NA Air Cargo Conference, held last week in Seattle, Dave Brooks, American Airlines’ president of [...]
DHS Deploys Recovery Act-Funded AIT
Last week, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the first 11 airports to receive advanced imaging technology (AIT) units purchased with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
Based on security and operational needs, the TSA will deploy AIT units to the following airports:
Boston Logan International (BOS)
Charlotte Douglas International (CLT)
Chicago O’Hare International (ORD)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG)
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood [...]
FAA Projects Slower Growth in its Latest Forecast
The FAA has again scaled back its prediction on the future growth of air travel over the next 20 years. In its 35th annual forecast released today, the FAA predicts that system-wide U.S. passenger air traffic will grow at an annual rate of 2.6 percent.
A year ago, it predicted that the annual growth rate would [...]
Airport directors honor Rep. Richard Neal with leadership award
In accepting the ACI-NA 2010 Commissioners Congressional Leadership Award, Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA) said he will continue to fight the battle for a permanent waiver of the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was eliminated for two years under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
“I have fought the battle on AMT for more than a decade; [...]
Finding a Compromise on FAA Reauthorization May Not Be Easy
If the Senate passes its version of the FAA reauthorization act – and that is a very big if – the eventual conference committee meeting to iron out the differences of the Senate and House bills will not be an easy one, predicts a Senate staffer.
In a presentation Wednesday morning to the ACI-NA/AAAE Spring Legislative [...]