Reuters
David Shepardson
16 July 2024
Major U.S. aviation groups and unions urged Congress to address persistent shortfalls in funding for Federal Aviation Administration facilities after a series of reports raised alarm about aging air traffic control facilities.
"Necessary maintenance of existing systems is being neglected," said the letter signed by Airlines for America, Aerospace Industries Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Air Line Pilots Association and others warning a failure to address funding needs "will mean reduced airspace operational efficiency -- negatively affecting the traveling public and other civil and military users of the system."
The FAA did not immediately comment.
In March, President Joe Biden proposed spending $8 billion over the next five years - beginning with $1 billion in 2025 - to replace or modernize more than 20 aging air traffic control facilities and 377 critical radar systems.
The letter noted that a quarter of all FAA facilities are 50 years or older adding the effects of underinvestment "are becoming strikingly clear...
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