Fourth straight year of growth

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The US Federal Aviation Administration predicts commercial air passenger traffic to grow to 924 million in 2009 from 595 million in 1997. That means an annual growth rate of 3.5% for domestic traffic and 5.8% for international routes, said Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater. The forecast report attributes the strong growth in both domestic and international air traffic to a variety of reasons, including a strong US and world economy ,a steady decline in real passenger fares and favorable international agreements and Open Skies pacts.

Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation, Shipments data, Scheduled Air Passenger Svc, Airlines, Article

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FAA revises WAAS schedule

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The FAA announced that it was postponing the commissioning of phase one of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) by 14 months. The postponement was made to provide more time for the development of an important software safety package that monitors, corrects and verifies the performance of the WAAS. The postponement of the implementation was seen by the airport industry as an indication that the FAA had been too optimistic in thinking that the WAAS could be in place by July of 1999. The new implementation deadline is Sep 2000.

Government domestic functions, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Federal Aviation Administration

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STARS deployment slips behind schedule

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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Apr 26, 1999, the rescheduling of the deployment of the 'failed' $940-million Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) that is touted as a replacement to the Automatic Radar Terminal System. In Dec 1998, STARS should have been operational at the first of the 371 FAA and US Department of Defense facilities, but the system failed to function as expected in several critical areas such as unacceptable delay to display airplane positions.

Product information, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Air Traffic Control Equip, Air traffic control equipment

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