Many airlines actively pursue methods of reducing costs in order to maintain profitability without aggravating or alienating customers with regular price increases. Unfortunately many of the best methods of reducing costs require a large investment that would take time to recoup before any savings are realized. This is precisely why some airlines have begun upgrading [...]
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Many airports with outdated terminals, dilapidated runways or other issues that directly affect operations and safety are using money provided through FAA grants to make essential improvements. Instead of just focusing on upgrades that will improve appearance and functionality though the airports are making changes that will also improve efficiency, reduce costs and lessen environmental [...] Logan-Cache Airport is currently in the middle of a number of upgrades in order to be compliant with federal safety regulations. On the agenda for Logan-Cache are the resurfacing of safety strips at the end of the main runway, upgrades to the airports lighting arrays and fog-sealing of the main runway. All of these efforts [...] After a runway collision between a plane and wildlife at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, the FAA has authorized a one hundred thousand dollar wildlife hazard study to take place at the airport. The FAA will pick up the majority of the bill for the extensive research while the New York State Department of Transportation [...] With every day that passes there seems to be more focus put on efforts for the aviation industry to become less dependant on fossil fuels and for operations to become more friendly to the environment. Airports are turning to solar power, upgrading lighting, using battery operated ground equipment, converting fleets of ground transportation vehicles over [...] Uncontrollable delays are possible at any time, accidents, acts of God and power outages can lead to plenty of problems at airports. Just a few days ago at the very busy Philadelphia International Airport, a fuel truck tipped spilling upwards of two thousand gallons of fuel on a service road neighboring a terminal. The spill [...] Attempting to move an aircraft of anywhere from ten to fifteen thousand pounds has its risks, but if you add unfavorable weather conditions into the mix the job becomes even more difficult and potentially dangerous. Sudden and violent storms with rain, sleet, thunder and lightening can cause delays or cancellations that keep pilots and passengers [...] An eight million dollar runway renovation project planned for the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport in Colorado that was the contracts were expected to have been signed for this Summer is now on hold due to lack of funding. Nearly all of the money was to come from the FAA, but Congress’ failure to approve continued [...] The Brantley County Airport has been closed for about seventeen months awaiting a new contractor to finish much need upgrades following a default by the original contractor. The airport closed down when construction began in January of 2009, but following the death of one of the principal owner’s of the contractor performing the runway and [...] The amount of business being done at Myrtle Beach International Airport certainly merits more space – and after a pretty long wait for approval, they are finally going to get it. Groundbreaking on the new and improved terminal is slated to begin right around the busiest time of the flying year – which could be [...] |
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