Issues & Modes / Aviation
Making Aircraft Certification Safe and Modern for the Global Aviation Industry
Jun 19, 2020 | Robert PuentesThe Senate Commerce Committee held a contentious hearing this week to examine the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight...
CDC Contract Tracing Rule Pushed to September
Jun 12, 2020 | Robert PuentesEarlier this week, Trump Administration officials tasked an interagency working group to come up with a plan for conducting contract...
Senate Commerce Committee OKs Bills, Nominations
May 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a business meeting on May 20 to approve various bills and nominations...
How Quickly Will Airline Passenger Demand Recover?
May 22, 2020 | Jeff DavisPassenger air travel, anecdotally and as measured by TSA passenger throughput, is recovering slightly in May after bottoming out in...
New House COVID Bill Changes Airline Aid Conditions, Bails Out Aviation Trust Fund
May 15, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe new coronavirus relief bill (H.R. 6800) being considered by the House of Representatives this week does not include additional...
$15 Billion for State DOTs, $15.75 Billion More For Transit in Latest House Democratic COVID Bill
May 12, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis afternoon, House Democrats unveiled their $3 trillion, 1,815-page coronavirus response bill, that follows the $2.6 trillion bill...
Senate Panel Holds Highly Anticipated Hearing on Aviation and COVID
May 08, 2020 | Robert PuentesOn May 6, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on “The State of the Aviation Industry:...
CBO Says Coronavirus Response Enacted So Far Will Provide $2.8 Trillion
Apr 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisToday, almost three weeks after the mammoth "CARES Act" (the third legislative installment of coronavirus response) was signed into...
FAA Distributes $9.1B in Airport Grants; Formula Disproportionately Benefits Airports With Heavy Debt or Reserves
Apr 16, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the allocation of $9.14 billion of the $10 billion CARES Act airport grant...
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 $46 Billion for Aviation Loans – How Will It Work?
Mar 27, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe third coronavirus response bill authorizes the Treasury Secretary to "make loans, loan guarantees, and other investments in support...