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Now Available! ATW's World Airline Report - July issue 2011


In the July 5, 2011 Issue:
Uncertainty for US airports persists as FAA reauthorization stalls
IATA unveils future airport checkpoint mock-up
Sensis reaches deal to be acquired by Saab
TSA cracks down following 'improper screening' at Honolulu International
Detroit Metro land to be used to farm bioenergy crops
Airports weigh in on UK ADP debate
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Airports News
Uncertainty for US airports persists as FAA reauthorization stalls
The US Congress last week again passed a short-term FAA funding extension as lawmakers continued to fail to reach agreement on the long-term agency reauthorization bill that airports across the US say is necessary to bring stability to construction project planning. [MORE]
IATA unveils future airport checkpoint mock-up
IATA last month unveiled a mock-up of an airport checkpoint of the future—designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches—that relies on intelligence-driven, risk-based measures. [MORE]

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Sensis reaches deal to be acquired by Saab
East Syracuse, New York-based Sensis Corp., the air traffic management technologies company with offerings that includeAirport Surface Detection Equipment-X (ASDE-X) and runway status lights, reached a definitive agreement last week to be acquired by Sweden's Saab for $155 million. [MORE]
TSA cracks down following 'improper screening' at Honolulu International
US Transportation Security Administration last month proposed "the removal of more than 30 Honolulu International Airport TSA employees following an extensive investigation into allegations of improper screening of checked baggage," the agency said in a statement. [MORE]
Detroit Metro land to be used to farm bioenergy crops
Detroit Metro operator Wayne County Airport Authority said it has agreed to partner with Michigan State University Extension to grow, harvest and process bioenergy crops on the property of DTW and another of the authority's airports, Willow Run. [MORE]
Airports weigh in on UK ADP debate
As debate and lobbying on the controversial Air Passenger Duty in the UK intensified last month, Glasgow Prestwick Airport urged the UK government to scrap the ADP and devolve it to the Scottish government to permit a joined-up approach to economic development. [MORE]

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Contracts & Services
TAECO opened its sixth maintenance hangar...

Lufthansa Technik has begun constructing a new maintenance hangar...

Navtech reached an agreement with Moscow's FSUE Centre of Aeronautical Information...

Worldwide Flight Services won a contract from Leisure Cargo...

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Airports News
Moscow Domodedovo Airport reported that it handled 2.26 million passengers in May...

Airports Council International-Asia/Pacific announced the formation of a "Small Airports Network"...

London Southend Airport will be the site of an EasyJet base...

Spirit Airlines said it will institute a new $5 charge...

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