Issue / Airports
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...
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...