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As if seven years of wrangling were not enough, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now proposing changes to the current airspace utilization at Kennedy and Philadelphia International Airports.
From 2002 to 2009, governmental and private entities from Connecticut to Pennsylvania, including the State of Connecticut, various local jurisdictions in New York State, environmental…
The Federal Aviation Administration has officially rescinded its controversial plan to enact mandatory slot auctions on LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark airports. See 74 Fed. Reg. 52,132 (Oct. 9, 2009) (LaGuardia) and 74 Fed. Reg. 52,134 (Oct. 9, 2009) (JFK and Newark).
Both the final rule "Congestion Management Rule for LaGuardia Airport" and "Congestion Management…
The Federal Aviation Administration today proposed to rescind the congestion management rules for JFK, LaGuardia and Newark that would have created auctions for slots at those airports. (Click here for the JFK and Newark proposal, click here for the LaGuardia proposal) Those rules were ardently opposed by the airlines as well as by…
In a gutsy move that is sure to draw the ire of Congressional leaders as well as the Air Transport Association, the FAA announced last Friday, October 10, 2008, that it had promulgated two "congestion management" rules: one for LaGuardia Airport, and the other for JFK and Newark Airports. In these rules, the…
The GAO, in a legal opinion issued September 30, 2008, declared that "FAA currently lacks the authority to auction arrival and departure slots, and thus also lacks authority to retain and use auction proceeds." This legal opinion came as a result of a Congressional request.
In April and May, 2008, the FAA issued proposed…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its long awaited "FAA Airspace Redesign: An Analysis of the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania Project." Although the GAO promised to publish the report by August 1, 2008, it waited until the same day the Petitioners in the Airspace Redesign litigation filed their opening brief to publish the…