A vital industry in search of new policies: air transport in Canada.
INTRODUCTION Few businesses are as important as the airline industry for the smooth and efficient working of a modern society. Air transport has come to play an irreplaceable role in service to commerce and to the travel needs of the millions of people who fly every day....

On guard in America: the National Guard provides homeland defense. (National Affairs).
SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACK of Sept. 11, the National Guard has been standing guard across the country. They are in airports, around nuclear facilities, protecting the skies, and posted at entrances of bridges. More than 60,000 Guard members are on Federal active duty to do their part in the...

Security check: the long list of what you won't learn from the Transportation Security Administration.
The 9/11 Commission reports issued this summer offer the public a tantalizing glimpse into the complicated and often secretive world of airline security. They reveal sobering details about communication and other systemic failures that contributed to the hijackers' success. They provide the best possible argument for greater public scrutiny...

Airport News - North America.
Feb 18, 2008 US House passes FAA funding extension through June 30. The US House of Representatives passed an extension of temporary FAA funding through June 30, including providing $2.76 billion in contract authority to restart the currently suspended Airport Improvement Program. The Senate also must approve...

Air Transport News.
Edited by Aram Gesar, edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, data, analysis and features, please go to: http://www.AirGuideOnline.com/professional.htm Sep 18, 2006 The European Commission intends to restrict the amount of liquids permitted in hand luggage and introduce new limits on the size of hand luggage allowed on flights...

Southwest Pilots Demo TSA Biometric Screening.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-25 September 2008-Southwest Pilots Demo TSA Biometric Screening(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com A Southwest Airlines pilot will be the first aircrew member to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) using an advanced biometric screening system. The TSA-approved demonstration project called...

NORTHEAST.
* The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to place a Doppler weather radar tower at Floyd Bennet Field in Gateway National Recreation Area (NRA) that could serve JFK and La Guardia airports. The tower will be 117 feet high and have a spherical dome at the top spanning 37...

Air Transport News.
Apr 7, 2008 The nation's aging air traffic control system experiences constant failures, consultant Michael Boyd writes. He also notes air traffic control "wastes fuel massively" and the FAA's NextGen program will not address the problem. Apr 2, 2008 Tom Brantley, national president of the...

Bicam panel approves civil aviation measure.
Byline: HANNAH L. TORREGOZA Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday said the bicameral conference committee has approved the creation of a fiscally autonomous Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) last Tuesday night. Enrile, chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Affairs and co-chairman of the bicameral conference committee,...

Creative System Design Solves Airport Security Problems.
Creative System Design Solves Airport Security Problems By James R. Black Leading airports attack three major security concerns with innovative video and transmission solutions. Airport security has come under more scrutiny in recent years than at any time in memory. Multiple layers of...