Airport News - North America.Sep 10, 2007 No policy changes following foiled terrorist plots. DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) is not announcing any changes to security protocols in response to recent foiled terrorist plots in Denmark and Germany, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. officials. An industry spokesman says the system to keep American passengers safe is working: "What this points out is that there still continues to be a high level of vigilance to thwart any threat to the traveling public and the systems that are in place are apparently working," he said. Sep 7, 2007 Report criticizes TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). for handling of air cargo air cargo: see aviation. on passenger planes. The TSA, charged with ensuring the safety of passenger planes, was raked over the coals in a recent report by the DHS inspector general. The report says the TSA has too few inspectors, an ineffective database to track violations and "vague regulations" for screening cargo bound for passenger planes. According to the Air Transport Association, commercial airlines carry 7,500 tons of cargo a day, last year earning $4.4 billion from cargo operations. Sep 7, 2007 Commercial air passengers shouldn't have to subsidize bigwigs. With our air traffic control system at its breaking point, changes have to be made in how we move planes around the country--and in how we pay for the system that coordinates all of that traffic. Right now, commercial airline passengers pay the bulk of the expense--to the benefit of corporate fliers who are putting more of a burden on the system than ever before. Air Transport Association President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. James May For the British body snatcher, James May, see . James Daniel May (born January 16th 1963 in Bristol, England) is a television presenter and award-winning journalist. encourages taxpayers to call their Congress members and demand that bigwigs be required to pay for the services they use. Sep 5, 2007 Outdated ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered system cause for record delays. An aging air traffic control system, bad weather and high demand converged this summer to produce record flight delays across the U.S. "We're seeing a growing volume of traffic in the airspace system and an air-traffic-control system that is incapable of handling that growth," said a spokesman for the Air Transport Association. "Weather does play a role," he added. FlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Sep 5, 2007 Passport rules to kick in again starting Oct. 1. The temporary rule that allowed Americans who had applied for a new passport but had not yet received it to travel by air between the U.S. and Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda expires on Sept. 30. Therefore, beginning Oct. 1, all airline passengers will need passports to travel between the U.S. and other countries in the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. . Sep 5, 2007 Stranded at an Airport? Just Say 'Rule 240 Me'. Rule 240 once served as airlines' playbook for dealing with delayed or stranded passengers. Its strictures for dispensing meal vouchers, providing lodging and putting displaced passengers on the next available flight were mandated by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which used to tightly monitor every facet of airline operations in the U.S.. Sep 5, 2007 TSA must enforce law as written. Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed a law requiring that all cargo to be loaded onto passenger planes be screened at a level of security "commensurate" with the level of security for screening checked baggage This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. . The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of times says the TSA's recently revealed plan to allow some trusted shippers to bypass screening of sealed cargo is at odds with the letter and spirit of the new law. Sep 5, 2007 Congress needs to move on funding the FAA--fairly. Everyone seems to be in agreement when it comes to what will help our overtaxed air traffic control system. Now Congress needs to figure out how to fund the project in a way that reflects different levels of use by commercial and corporate traffic. "The air traffic control system may not need an entirely new finance plan, but it's absolutely absurd that airline passengers are forced to subsidize the luxury enjoyed by those people who fly in private jets," says this editorial. Sep 4, 2007 FAA, controllers disagree about safety. Air traffic controllers say that inadequate tower staffing is creating unsafe conditions for the flying public. The FAA contends that the aviation industry is enjoying the safest conditions in its history. Sep 4, 2007 Flight delays impact national pastime: Minor-league baseball teams rely on commercial airlines to shuttle them between six or seven games a week, often at small cities served by regional jets. Delays and lost luggage have resulted in canceled games, and some teams are using bus service more often than they used to. Sep 4, 2007 Most U.S. flights are late, and the industry is caught in a holding pattern: Travelers to and within the U.S. have learned to expect delayed flights and missed connections. Industry executives say that too many flights are taking off at certain peak times during the day, but that is unlikely to change soon. Any carrier shifting its flights away from time slots most sought by passengers would likely lose business. FlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Sep 4, 2007 New machines get a better angle on baggage screening. The TSA started testing new X-ray machines at three airports this month and could buy as many as 500 to be used at major airports, beginning this fall. The machines take pictures of bags from two angles at once, displaying the images side by side for screeners to check. Sep 4, 2007 Stiff fees for corporate aircraft could lessen airport congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. : The FAA and Congress need to act to relieve air traffic congestion at the nation's busiest airports, both now and in the future. Charging corporate jets a fair amount for their use of services would help pay for needed upgrades and might also encourage those jet owners to use less-congested airports. Sep 4, 2007 Summer 2007 no fun for air travelers. Flight cancellations over the summer were nearly doubled as compared to last summer. Between June 1 and Aug. 15, U.S. airlines canceled more than 30,000 domestic and international flights to the nation's top 30 airports, up from 16,000 last summer. "This doesn't surprise us," said a spokesman for the Air Transport Association. The ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment has said that delays and cancellations will worsen until the FAA updates the air traffic control system. Sep 4, 2007 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Delta Air Lines, New York American Airlines and Delta Air Lines confront one another at LaGuardia, where Delta Air Lines operates one of the two East Coast shuttles, while Continental Airlines operates a full-fledged hub at Newark. Cush estimated that Continental's share of the metropolitan market is in the low 20s, "then you have American, Delta and JetBlue bunched up," with American Airlines having a 17%-18% share. Sep 3, 2007 American Airlines, New York American Airlines unveils executive lounges and check-in areas at new JFK terminal. August 29 was the official opening of American Airlines' $US1.3bn terminal at JFK Airport, which has been eight years in the making. Although the terminal has been open for flights for the last two years this week saw the opening of two new lounges and a private check-in section for first and business class passengers. The new terminal has 1.5 million square feet of space and a Customs and Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. center able to process 1,600 arriving international passengers per hour. The terminal has two Admirals Club lounges and a new Flagship arrivals lounge, which the carrier hopes will tempt business travelers. Sep 4, 2007 American Airlines, New York John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in International Mayor Bloomberg thanked American Airlines for the new terminal at JFK calling the investment, "a vote of confidence in the future of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . [This new terminal] is exactly the kind if place we need to welcome visitors to the country and the city." At the same time, the terminal also played host to the launch of the city's new tourism campaign dubbed "Just Ask the Locals." Through the insights of famous New Yorkers such as Robert DiNero and Julianne Moore Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Biography Early life Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina,[] , the campaign is meant to show how New York is a friendly, attractive tourist destination A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". . Sep 7, 2007 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Less than three out of four flights in and out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The first airplane landed at the airport January 10, 1947. were on-time in July as airlines nationally struggled to keep up with their schedules, according to a government report. The Hebron airport ranked No. 14 and No. 16 respectively for on-time arrivals and departures in July among 32 major airports surveyed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and . Arrivals were 70.4 percent on schedule and departures were 72.3 percent on-time. FlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Sep 5, 2007 ICx DHS awards ICx $1.5 million to continue work on bio-sensor. The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States awarded a $1.5 million contract to ICx Technologies for continued development of its low-cost bio-aerosol sensor. The sensor warns of the presence of biological threats such as anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis , tularemia tularemia (t  lərē`mēə) or rabbit fever, acute, infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis (Pasteurella tularensis). and smallpox. Sep 4, 2007
ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) Work to begin on new air traffic control system. A team led by ITT has been awarded a $1.8 billion contract to begin work on the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) is a function on a properly equipped aircraft or surface vehicle that periodically broadcasts its state vector (horizontal and vertical position, horizontal and vertical velocity) and other information. , the primary component of NextGen and the start of a "wide ranging transformation of the entire national air transportation system," according to the FAA. Sep 4, 2007 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). , New York John F. Kennedy International JetBlue aims for enhanced "ground experience" with new terminal. JetBlue, known for offering great amenities to passengers flying coach class, is focusing its innovative spirit--and dollars--on the "ground experience" of its terminal at JFK. JetBlue's $740 million terminal, set to open in late 2008, is designed to eliminate long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. . Passengers will take care of most ticketing procedures at kiosks and load their own luggage on conveyors. Sep 7, 2007 JetBlue Airways, New York John F. Kennedy International Savings of fuel and time expected with FAA plan to redesign airspace. Airlines flying in and out of airspace due for an FAA redesign, including JetBlue, will likely save time and fuel. John F. Kennedy International Airport's biggest carrier, JetBlue, says delays cost it $50 a minute in extra fuel, payroll and vouchers to inconvenienced customers. "The vast majority of savings we expect from the redesign of the N.Y. airspace is driven by the efficiency of operations," said a JetBlue spokeswoman. Sep 7, 2007 Los Angeles International LAX outage spurs faster upgrade of Customs systems. The Aug. 11 failure of the computer system used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws. at the Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX has led to faster implementation of planned upgrades, officials say. About $15.3 million will be spent to refurbish technical systems at 104 major airports and border crossings within the next six to nine months. That means the project will be completed about nine months ahead of schedule. Sep 4, 2007 New York FAA will redesign New York airspace. Following a decade of research into potential noise and congestion relief, the FAA says it is ready to implement changes in air traffic flow around the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Officials say that the plan would reduce delays by 20% when it is fully implemented, particularly at Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., and New York's LaGuardia and Kennedy, the nation's three most congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. airports. Eventually, this could result in fewer delays for travelers across the country, as well. The changes will begin within months and are expected to be complete by 2011. Sep 7, 2007 Porter Airlines, Toronto City Porter Airlines will expand the terminal at its Toronto City Centre base, adding three arrival and departure gates by Dec. 31. The airline said it will begin serving Newark "and other destinations" next year and intends eventually to serve 17 markets. The terminal investment was made possible by average monthly revenue growth of "over" 20% since Porter's October 2006 launch, it said, adding that June's net profit margin was 8%. "With consistent revenue growth, our numbers will continue to exceed expectations and the next steps in our growth can be taken with confidence," President and CEO Robert Deluce said. Sep 6, 2007 Raytheon Raytheon Technical Services, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company has signed a teaming agreement with Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB , Inc., to pursue the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution. ATCOTS is the FAA's program to procure a performance-based solution for training of new and current air traffic controllers. The FAA is expected to announce the multi-year, performance-based award, with an estimated value of more than $100 million, in 2008. Sep 7, 2007 Syracuse Airport, Honeywell, Sensis Warning system speaks directly to pilots. An experimental warning system would warn pilots directly when there is a danger of runway incursions. The system, a collaboration of Honeywell and Sensis, was demonstrated at Syracuse Hancock International Airport Syracuse Hancock International Airport (IATA: SYR, ICAO: KSYR) is a public airport located 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Syracuse, in Onondaga County, New York, off of Interstate 81 near Mattydale, New York. in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. . Company officials say they hope to bring a certified version of the warning system to market in two years. Sep 4, 2007 US Airways US Airways considers hiring a chief of operations. Officials at US Airways are considering hiring a chief of operations, as the carrier is working to improve its on-time and service rankings. President Scott Kirby assumed oversight of flight, maintenance and safety operations after the resignation of the previous operations chief. Sep 7, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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