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Aviation

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25

Working Group on Improving Air Service to Small Communities

Section 2303 of the recent FAA extension requires that the Secretary of Transportation establish a “Working Group on Improving Air Service to Small Communities.”  The provision states that “no later than one year after passage” (July 15, 2017), the Secretary will issue a report to...

News Digest 160-16

DOT Awards New Los Angeles-Beijing Flight to American Airlines.  The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its November 7th tentative decision to select American Airlines for new daily scheduled nonstop service between Los Angeles and Beijing, China.  The Department...

BTS Statistics Release: October 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.0 percent more workers in October 2016 than in October 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. October was the highest monthly FTE total (415,891) since January 2005 (417,789) and...