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aviation to highlight the critical tracking of general aviation and of 2018 highlighted Congress
importance of meeting the ADS-B equipage deadline. “Our work has paid off, with nearly 70% of turbojet and turboprop business aircraft now ADS-B equipped according to the FAA’s Equip 2020 working group, an increase of nearly 15% since the beginning of this year,” reported Bolen.
looks forward to a solution that will provide ATC and other government stakeholders all needed tracking information, while safeguarding real-time movements from public view. “We appreciate the FAA’s work on this project and look forward to a solution in the coming months,” noted Bolen.
leadership in providing certainty and the needed investments for the aviation industry to be successful, said Bolen.
However, NextGen needs funding protection from the negative effects of government shutdowns, which can halt progress and introduce months of delays to modernization efforts. To mitigate these adverse effects, NBAA supports the Aviation
NBAA also continues to work with
the FAA on the privacy and security
implications of ADS-B’s real-time of the FAA Reauthorization Act Funding Stability Act of 2019, a
Congressional support of NextGen is critical to its success, and passage
law that will permit FAA the use of funds from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund during lapses in government funding, Bolen told the subcommittee members.
“NBAA has always been steadfast in its support and advancement of NextGen technologies that allow equal and fair access to airports and airspace for all aviation stakeholders, and this hearing provides an important opportunity to review our progress,” Bolen concluded.
ATC User Fees Increase in Canada
Nav Canada, the private, not- for-profit company that operates Canada’s air traffic control (ATC) system is increasing user fees, the company said, for the first time in in 15 years. The increase will be used to recover costs of providing ADS-B surveillance data services in terminal areas and domestic en route and North Atlantic oceanic airspace. The services had been provided on a no-cost trial basis since March.
The increases will be implemented in two phases. The first, already taking effect Sept. 1, is enforced to recover the cost of domestic ADS-B services and averages an 0.8% increase. The second phase will be carried out to recover the cost of providing ADS-B surveillance within the North Atlantic oceanic airspace. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, a flat rate per flight will be C$155.03 (US$116.55). KA
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