U.K. Transportation Dept.: Include aviation in ETS. The U.K. Transportation Department has submitted to Parliament a report in support of including aviation in the European Union's proposed emissions trading scheme. The report notes that while aviation and shipping are key to Britain's economy, the environmental impact of transportation needs to be offset in order to protect Earth's climate. Nov 6, 2007Satellite system could alleviate gridlock in the air. Many of the air delays passengers are grumbling about could be alleviated with a system-wide upgrade to satellite-based air traffic control. "We're operating old, 1960s' technology, and you can't just keep patching it up," says FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. "You're going to have to make a total switch in the system." The cost of the switch is an estimated $20 billion. Aug 29, 2007
Airlines, passengers natural allies in FAA reauthorization battle. The contentious congressional reauthorization of the FAA has airlines and the Air Transport Association lining up support and finding natural allies in commercial passengers. Passengers "are affected two ways," says James May, president and CEO of the ATA. "They are the ones that have to suffer through these delays, and they are also the ones who are directly subsidizing corporate aircraft, who are using this system at a very significant discount." Aug 28, 2007
ATA official talks to Public Radio about planned upgrades. The Air Transport Association's John Meenan talks with Marketplace radio host John Dimsdale about the planned $15 billion upgrades to the nation's air traffic control system and how it will be funded. "The business aviation community, which now constitutes 17% of the cost of the system, is only paying about 7% or 8%. We want to pay our share, but we think others ought to pay their fair share, too." Aug 28, 2007
Modern air traffic control quietly and environmentally efficient. UPS in Louisville is already putting to work some of the technology that will eventually replace the current radar-based air traffic control system. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast allows the carrier's planes to follow programmed flight paths into the airport, with engines idling for most of the descent. The result is less fuel burned, lower emissions and less noise. Aug 28, 2007
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