http://www.aci-na.org/blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:28:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greg Principato was featured in Monday’s edition of Travel Weekly’s “The Hot Seat.” Editor Michael Fabey sat down with Greg at the ACI-NA/AAAE 2010 Spring Washington Conference last week to discuss ACI-NA’s top priorities. Click here to read the article. http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/10/aci-na-president-featured-in-travel-weekly/ The FAA's annual forecast indicates that total air cargo Registered Ton Miles (RTMs) will increase from 30.8 billion in 2009 to 86.6 billion in 2030 – up an average of 5.0 percent each year. The FAA also expects domestic RTMs to increase 2.1 percent a year. This is great news for ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/09/faa-predicts-improvements-in-total-air-cargo/ 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 ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/09/dhs-deploys-recovery-act-funded-ait/ 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 ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/09/faa-projects-slower-growth-in-its-latest-forecast/ [caption id="attachment_717" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Rep. Richard E. Neal accepts ACI-NA Commissioners Congressional Leadership Award from Elsie Rast Stuart of Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan Airport "][/caption] 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 ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/05/airport-directors-honor-rep-richard-neal-with-leadership-award/ 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 ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/03/finding-a-compromise-on-faa-reauthorization-may-not-be-easy/ Collaboration is critical to the nation’s efforts to secure and safeguard our skies, said Art Macias, chief of staff for the TSA in remarks earlier today to the ACI-NA/AAAE Spring Legislative Conference. He noted that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met recently with the leadership of both ACI-NA and AAAE to ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/03/tsa-pledges-to-work-closely-with-airports/ The latest edition of ACI-NA's quarterly publication Centerlines should be arriving in mailboxes any day now. The March issue’s cover story features an exclusive interview with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt. ACI-NA President Greg Principato interviewed Babbitt on issues relating to NextGen, safety, jobs and the economy. When asked what ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/03/qa-with-randy-babbitt/ New standards contained in the EPA’s proposed regulations to address runoff from airport and aircraft deicing operations are not flexible enough and will place unnecessary and significant financial burden on airports, ACI-NA said in comments submitted to the EPA. ACI-NA says EPA should revisit the flawed analysis used as the basis ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/01/aci-na-proposed-epa-deicing-rules-are-flawed/ Greg Principato, ACI-NA President, and Jim Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters agree: it’s time to pass FAA reauthorization. In a joint letter published in the "Departures" column of the March 1 issue of Aviation Daily, Greg and Jim stressed the significant impacts that a long-term FAA reauthorization ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/03/01/faa-reauthorization-will-put-people-to-work/ Greg Principato testified Wednesday before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on airport operations, procedures and costs associated with airport snow removal and airfield deicing. He stressed that while airlines are responsible for deicing their airplanes, airports work with carriers to determine the most effective location for deicing to ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/02/24/aci-na%e2%80%99s-greg-principato-explains-airports-deicing-issues-to-house-panel/ DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano held a meeting with key industry leaders to discuss airport security and facilitation issues on Monday. Greg Principato, ACI-NA President, Frank Miller, San Antonio Airport Director and ACI-NA Board Security Task Force Chair, Jim Bennett, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and Chief Executive Officer and AAAE ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/02/24/aci-na-meets-with-dhs-secretary-janet-napolitano/ ACI World announced the top performing airports in the ACI Airport Service Quality (ASQ) passenger survey last week. The survey produced remarkable results for North American airports, with 11 of 20 awards in four worldwide categories: Four of the top five awards (including Halifax Stanfield International Airport for first place) in ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/02/23/north-american-airports-boast-impressive-worldwide-rankings/ ACI-NA President Greg Principato makes the case for airport executives in the U.S. and Canada to convene for a once-a-year forum dedicated exclusively to airport CEOs and directors. In this interview with Roxanne Butler of Houston Airport System, Greg describes some of the top issues discussed at ACI-NA's CEO Forum February ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/02/19/what-airport-directors-are-talking-about/ By Jane Calderwood With the mid-term election looming over them, Congress is going to be worrying about and focusing on policy changes and legislation that will create jobs. The bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration fits nicely into this niche. And airports are not the only one’s saying so: Teamsters ... http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/02/19/what-does-2010-hold-in-store-for-aci-na%e2%80%99s-legislative-agenda/