Issue / Airports
GAO Issues New Reports on Essential Air Service, Airline Oversales
Dec 12, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe FAA reauthorization law enacted on October 5, 2018 mandated, by our count, 119 new studies or reports to be submitted to Congress,...
Acting TSA Chief Gives Agency Update to Senate Committee
Sep 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe acting head of the Transportation Security Administration gave a status update on that agency's activities to the Senate Commerce,...
Trends in International Travel Part 3: Aircraft, Polar Routes, and Flights to Asia
May 17, 2019 | Paul LewisEno conducted an analysis of the international market for air travel in November 2018 for the Japan International Transport Institute....
FAA Gives Out $779M in Additional FY18 Discretionary Airport Grants
May 17, 2019 | Jeff DavisOn May 15, the Federal Aviation Administration announced 127 additional airport grants totaling $779 million, out of the $1 billion...
Trends in International Travel Part 2: Foreign Policy
May 10, 2019 | Paul LewisEno conducted an analysis of the international market for air travel in November 2018 for the Japan International Transport Institute....
Airport Investments Discussed in House Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing
Mar 28, 2019 | Brianne EbyMarch 29, 2019 On March 26, the House Aviation Subcommittee hosted a hearing, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investment in Our...
The FY20 Budget: Transportation Security
Mar 22, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 20, 2019 The President's fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security includes proposals for a...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 25, 2019
Mar 21, 2019 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 26 – House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Aviation – subcommittee hearing on investment in...
The FY20 Budget: USDOT Competitive Grant Programs
Mar 20, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 20, 2019 What a difference a year makes. In its fiscal 2019 budget request, the Trump Administration requested zero dollars...
Final FY19 Homeland Bill Increases TSA, Coast Guard Operational Budgets
Feb 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisFebruary 15, 2019 The final fiscal 2019 appropriations package that passed Congress yesterday appropriates a net $49.4 billion for...
DeFazio, Larsen Propose Bill to Insulate FAA from Shutdowns
Feb 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisFebruary 13, 2019 Last week, House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Aviation Subcommittee...
House T&I Kicks Off 2019 With Infrastructure Hearing
Feb 08, 2019 | Brianne Eby and Jeff DavisThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the 116thCongress formally kicked off its work yesterday with a marathon...