WASHINGTON, 12 April 2013. Airlines for America (A4A) officials are calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to scrap its plans to establish a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A4A is calling it a “pay-to-play” scheme that sets a dangerous and unauthorized precedent and harms U.S. citizens, jobs, the economy and the global competitiveness of the U.S. airline industry.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., 12 April 2013. President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "airport infrastructure financing is an improvement over last year's proposal, but it still falls short of what is necessary to meet the long-term needs of airports across the country,” says American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Gov. President Todd Hauptli.

WASHINGTON, 11 April 2013. President Obama’s budget proposal includes a $100-per-flight user fee—a charge that AOPA warns could be disastrous for general aviation (GA).

CYPRESS, Texas, 7 April 2013. The six fixed-base operator (FBO) locations in the U.S. have joined the Paragon Aviation Group, growing the Paragon network of independent FBOs in 25.

NORMAN, Okla., 26 March 2013. Hundreds of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers and executives are in Norman, Okla., today attending the annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Summit hosted by the Unmanned Systems Alliance of Oklahoma (USA-OK).

MUNICH, 20 Feb. 2013. Verocel officials continue to educate software engineers and managers on DO-178C, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification from RTCA Inc., during a two-day course during Avionics Europe in the MOC Event Centre in Munich.

WASHINGTON, 10 Feb. 2013. The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) in Washington is changing the name of its largest annual U.S. event. Formerly known as the NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention, the annual gathering of the business aircraft community now is called the Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (BACE).

LONG BEACH, Calif., 21 Jan. 2013. Storage is a hot area, particularly in avionics and medical markets, describes John Wiedemeier of Teledyne LeCroy Corp. in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., during VITA’s Embedded Tech Trends in Long Beach, Calif.

WASHINGTON, 6 Dec. 2012. "Negotiations between The Boeing Company and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001 are being suspended until after the first of the year,” at the request of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, says Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Director George H. Cohen.

AVIONICS INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 4 Dec. 2012. Florida’s Great Northwest focuses on, invests in, and advances aviation, aerospace, and defense.

WASHINGTON, 29 Nov. 2012. It is increasingly important to find domestically produced crude oil alternatives to improve the United States’ energy security, meet global energy demands, and provide jobs, while strengthening its military and domestic industry, affirms a coalition of industry associations that includes Airlines for America, the Advanced Biofuels Association, and the National Biodiesel Board.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., 5 Oct. 2012. The Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) has announced that Jeff Poole will assume the role of director general as of 1 Jan. 2013, replacing CANSO Interim Director General Samantha Sharif.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., 4 Oct. 2012. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Michael Huerta, during a speech at ATCA 57^th annual conference and exposition this week, discussed the U.S. President’s 2013 budget request for more than $1 billion for NextGen, an increase of 11 percent over last year, and cautioned the air traffic control (ATC) community on the threat of sequestration.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., 3 Oct. 2012. It is a “pivotal time in aviation history” according to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta, who, on the heels of dedicating a $20.5 million control tower at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, Pa., spoke about challenges and opportunities related to the FAA’s Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) during the ATCA 57^th annual conference and exposition this week.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., 3 Oct. 2012. Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) President and CEO Peter F. Dumont opened the 57th annual ATCA conference and exposition in National Harbor, Md., with an overview of the air traffic control/air traffic management industry and the challenges being faced by the global aviation community.

FORT WORTH, Texas, 3 Oct. 2012. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), the certified collective bargaining agent for 10,000 American Airlines pilots, has issued a response to allegations that pilots disrupt flight schedules with insignificant maintenance requests.

ARLINGTON, Va., 6 Sept. 2012. Fewer than three percent of law-enforcement units have aviation assets due to the high operating costs of manned aircraft, according to a statement from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in Arlington, Va.; yet, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) provide a cost-effective alternative.

WASHINGTON, 2 Sept. 2012. The largest U.S. airlines continue to deliver record operational performance despite economic challenges and rising costs that led to a $1 billion loss for the first half of 2012, report analysts at Airlines for America (A4A), the airline industry trade association in Washington.

WASHINGTON, 28 Aug. 2012. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials are forming a government/industry group to study current policies and procedures surrounding aircraft operators’ use of portable electronic devices (PEDs), such as the Apple iPad and other tablet computers, in flight.