Issue / Airports
Aviation Aid Hasn’t Been Released Yet.
Apr 10, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe mammoth coronavirus aid package signed into law two weeks ago today (on March 27) provided $88 billion in grant and loan authority...
Treasury, USDOT Set Rules and Conditions for Coronavirus Aviation Aid
Apr 03, 2020 | Jeff DavisSeven days after President Trump signed the $2+ trillion coronavirus response bill (H.R. 748) into law, the Treasury Department and the...
The “CV3” Bill’s $10 Billion in Airport Grants – How Will It Work?
Mar 26, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe third coronavirus response bill appropriates $10 billion from the general fund of the Treasury for " an additional amount for...
Final Version of $2 Trillion COVID Response Bill Has $114 Billion for Transportation
Mar 25, 2020 | Jeff Davis5:40 a.m. 3/26/2020 update: Earlier this morning, the Senate passed H.R. 748, as amended with the coronavirus aid package, by a vote of...
Senate Coronavirus Response Bill – March 22 a.m. Version
Mar 24, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is the March 22 morning iteration of the Senate's massive coronavirus response legislation. Division A contains the various...
Senate COVID Bill Stalled; House Plan Would More than Double USDOT Appropriations
Mar 23, 2020 | Jeff Davis4:45 p.m. The Senate is still stuck in a partisan logjam over its coronavirus response legislation, having failed again this...
Revised Coronavirus Bill Includes $20 Billion for Mass Transit, $10 Billion for Airports, $58 Billion in Loans for Airlines
Mar 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisA revised version of the trillion-dollar-plus coronavirus response bill circulated by Senate Republicans this morning, after a long...
What Happens When People Stop Flying? Analyzing the Cascade of Downstream Effects
Mar 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisWhat happens when people just stop flying? We tried to look at that simple question and expand it into the cascade of downstream...
Airlines Ask Over $65 Billion in Federal Relief; Airports Want $10 Billion
Mar 17, 2020 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the airline industry – through its lobbying arm, Airlines for America – formally asked for a federal aid package that...
St. Louis Pulls Bid to Privatize its Airport
Jan 24, 2020 | Robert PuentesIn the late 1990s, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport was the nation's 15th-largest, with more traffic than Seattle-Tacoma,...
Study Commissioned by Congress Recommends Increasing Airport PFC Cap by $3 per Passenger
Jan 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisA new study from the RAND Corporation, commissioned by Congress in 2018, recommends that the statutory maximum passenger facility...
Senate Committee Approves Several Aviation Bills
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on December 11 approved five aviation-related pieces of legislation. War...