Air traffic

10/16/2007 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, joined by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, today announced that the State has contributed $150 million to improve traffic signal synchronization in Los Angeles. These improvements are being funded through Proposition 1B, which was championed by the Governor and approved last year by voters.    » read more »

09 October 2007 -- The bodies of seven people have been recovered from the wreckage of an airplane that crashed late Sunday in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington.

Emergency officials say three others who were aboard the aircraft are also believed to be dead.

A spokeswoman with Yakima County Emergency Management, Tina Wilson, says the missing aircraft was found Monday evening by rescue workers following the smell of fuel.

Nine skydivers and a pilot were on the plane when it took off Sunday evening from Star, Idaho, where the skydivers had just completed an event.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. -- Oct. 4 -- After learning that USAirways intends to reduce flights and employment levels at Pittsburgh International Airport, U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) today wrote a letter to Douglas Parker, CEO of USAirways, expressing their deep disappointment in his company’s decision and strongly urging him to reconsider it.    » read more »

September 27, 2007 -- PARTICIPANTS:
Mary Peters, Transportation Secretary
Bobby Sturgell, Acting FAA Administrator
and Jess Sharp, White House Domestic Policy Council Deputy Director

2:48 P.M. EDT    » read more »

September 25, 2007 -- ATLANTA – Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today following the announcement by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters that Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has been awarded a direct service route between Atlanta and Shanghai:    » read more »

Senator Attacks Climate Change Personally

September 25, 2007 -- (Washington, D.C) – Montana Senator Max Baucus is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to climate change.

The senior U.S. Senator today offset his carbon emissions for air travel between Montana and Washington, D.C., paying $1,152 dollars for a year’s worth of travel to begin to help establish a “carbon-neutral footprint.”    » read more »

09/25/2007 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a new nonstop United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Guangzhou, China:

“Today’s decision not only opens more doors to increase trade with our partners in the Pacific Rim, but also creates more opportunities for tourists to visit our great state. This flight will help our state’s economy by creating new jobs.”

United Airlines will begin nonstop service between San Francisco and Guangzhou in 2008.    » read more »

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 »

Grants Support Aviation, Rail and Port Improvements across New York State

September 18, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced today approval for more than $43 million in funding for aviation, rail and port capital projects across New York State. This funding from the Renew and Rebuild New York Transportation Bond Act of 2005 will support infrastructure, security, and economic development projects across the state.    » read more »

September 18, 2007 -- HONOLULU – Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle has released $75,532,466 for four projects at Honolulu International Airport (HNL) as part of the Administration’s $2.3 billion, 12-year airports modernization plan. The Governor made the announcement today during the groundbreaking ceremony for one of the projects – a new 1,800-stall parking structure.    » read more »

17 September 2007 -- Thai investigators have found both flight data recorders from a passenger plane that crash-landed on the resort island of Phuket, killing at least 89 of the 130 passengers and crew on board.

The devices will be sent to the United States for analysis, a process expected to take at least a week. Authorities hope the information will help explain why the plane crashed on the airport runway while landing in heavy rain and strong winds Sunday.    » read more »

16 September 2007 -- Officials in southern Thailand say they fear most of the 130 people aboard a passenger jet died when the airplane crashed in the resort of Phuket. Thai officials say a plane crash on the southern resort island of Phuket has killed 88 people and injured 42.

The plane, a U.S.-made MD-82 aircraft operated by the budget carrier One Two Go Airlines, was landing at Phuket airport in a rainstorm when officials say it slid off the runway, broke apart, and burst into flames.    » read more »

27 August 2007 -- U.S. aviation authorities have ordered emergency inspections of newer model Boeing 737 airliners in response to last week's explosion and fire that destroyed a China Airlines plane in Japan.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday ordered all U.S. airlines to check for loose hardware in panels which are extended on the wings to increase lift for take-off and landing.    » read more »

Federal Money Will Be Used to Rehabilitate the Runway

August 22, 2007 -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4,363,085 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds to the Elmira/Corning Regional Airport. Federal funds will be used to perform an important runway rehabilitation project.    » read more »

23 August 2007 -- The World Health Organization says infectious diseases are spreading around the world at a faster rate than ever before, making them more difficult to treat.

In its annual World Health Report, issued Thursday, the United Nations agency says one or more new diseases have been identified every year since the 1970s, a rate it says is "unprecedented."

The agency also says efforts to control such well-known diseases as tuberculosis have been compromised as they evolve into stronger, more drug-resistant forms.    » read more »