Sat, Feb 19, 2011
Coyne: Bill Is "Important To The Aviation Industry"
A major topic of debate during the U.S. Senates consideration
of S. 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety
Improvement Act, was the controversial issue of allowing additional
long-distance flights into Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport (DCA). Currently, 12 long-distance flights are allowed into
and out of DCA daily. A compromise amendment doubles the number of
flights with the potential for eight more after a thorough FAA
study, which was passed with the underlying bill.
Following passage of the measure, NATA President James Coyne
praised the Senate for its efforts. "NATA is pleased that the
Senate has worked so diligently to pass such an important bill for
the aviation industry," Coyne said. "We thank Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman John Rockefeller and
Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison for shepherding this
bi-partisan legislation through the Senate."
With the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure marking up its version of
long-term legislation earlier this week, there is optimism that the
full House will soon approve the bill so a House-Senate conference
committee can meet to resolve remaining differences between the
bills and then send to the President. "As the March 31st deadline
looms, we encourage leaders in both the House and Senate to
continue building on this progress so a long-term bill can reach
the President's desk without having to do another short-term
extension," Coyne concluded.
NATA President James Coyne
The bill authorizes the FAA through September 2013. In addition,
the legislation authorizes the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and
the extension of various aviation taxes, including the 14 cents per
gallon increase on jet fuel that has been incorporated into
previous legislation. No general aviation "user fee" provisions
were included in the bill.
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