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19 September 2007 -- It has been a summer of record delays at U.S. airports. But the Federal Aviation Administration recently announced plans to ease the problem.    » read more »

Senator welcomes new FAA congestion taskforce and provides recommendations

August 21, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s congestion taskforce to immediately address flight delays in the New Jersey/New York area and provided some of his recommendations in a letter. The Senator welcomes the formation of the taskforce especially when in June 2007 only 54% of the flights arriving at the Newark Liberty International Airport were on time.    » read more »

July 8, 2007 -- SANTA FE – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson issued the following statement in response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigative report concluding that US Airways was cleared of wrongdoing in the Dana Papst case.    » read more »

June 4, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has agreed to delay the consolidation of the Palm Springs TRACON into the Southern California TRACON.

Boxer’s office received a call this morning from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) confirming the delay of the TRACON consolidation, an action Boxer has been seeking for months. The FAA has also confirmed the delay.    » read more »

May 3, 2007 -- Washington, DC — U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) today announced that the Senate Commerce Committee has included their Airline Passengers Bill of Rights language in the bipartisan draft Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill.    » read more »