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AAI seeks 5,000 acres for new airport project in Chennai

7:55 AM

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has informed to the state government of Tamil Nadu that it was ready to build a second airport for Chennai, located at Sriperumbudur, provided 5,000 acres of land was made available for the purpose.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has absolved the new airport project in its feasibleness study before.

The Airports Authority of India chairman VP Agrawal delivered ICAO's describe to chief secretary Debendranath Sarangi on Saturday. Agrawal said, "We have asked for 5,000 acres of land which will be required to construct the new airport. In the first stage, runways and other facilities will be constructed. Around Rs5,000 crore will be needed for the project".

The civil aviation ministry had earlier announced that the construction of the new airport would not be delivered to the private sector.

According to AAI sources, the government would now make a decision whether to construct a new airport or to construct a parallel runway at the existing airport.

With ability at the existing airport reaching saturation point, the AAI had at first suggested the construction of a parallel runway. However, it was realized that the cost of land acquisition would be prohibitively high.

So, new airport was advised and the previous DMK government identified land at Sriperumbudur for the new project. An AAI study set up the land suitable for the project.

The AAI has assured the state government that on-going expansion works at the existing airport would be accomplished as per the new schedule.

The new domestic terminal would be prepared by December this year while the international terminal would be commissioned by January 2012.

Bad weather makes Christchurch airport shutdown

11:33 AM

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Christchurch International Airport was closed by bad weather for the first time in nearly 20 years yesterday.

Although airlines oftentimes cancel flights due to inclement weather, including fog, the airport rarely shuts down.

Yesterday the airport closed for about four hours from 5am after 25 millimeters of snow blanketed runways, aprons and taxiways.

Christchurch airport chief executive Jim Boult

Airport chief executive Jim Boult said the temporary closing was one of the few in living memory", with the exception of the September and February earthquakes.

The previous weather-related closure had been throughout the snow dump in 1992.

The decision was driven by concerns for the safety of staff and the public in trying to access the airport when weather conditions had made roads in and around Christchurch so treacherous, he said.

A Singapore Airlines flight was the first in after the reopening about 9am, but other flights yesterday were at airlines' discretion.

Airport chief fire officer Peter Moore said his squad had worked for 24 hours in an attempt to keep the runway clear.

"One of our duty guys drove a loader all night, so the guys who had been there all day had a break overnight," he said.

Moore also worked during the 1992 snowstorm, which he said had been easier to clear. This week's snow had at times been demoralising, he said.

"We've had painters on squeegees, mechanics and firemen on loaders, and all sorts of people doing whatever they can. There have been no demarcation lines at all; every airport staff member had pitched in to hold the airport operating “Moore said.

Boult said four-wheel-drive vehicles had been used to introduce essential staff.

He said staff had "pulled out all the stops" to assist travelers.

FAA Stops More than 250 Airport Projects in US Due to Congressional Inaction

9:46 AM

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The partial closedown of the Federal Aviation Administration has guided to stop-work orders on 258 airport construction projects all over the country, including several in Colorado, according to an FAA database.

Projects on the stop-work list include a $250,000 contract for Burton Construction at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center involving a piping upgrade.

About 24,000 construction workers in an industry already hit hard by the recession have lost work or their jobs due to the projects suspension, says Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America. The trade group says the construction industry's unemployment rate was 16% in June when jobs totaled 5.5 million — 2.2 million less than the industry's all-time high in April 2006.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters

Some of these projects include:

Runway Status Lights: Over $250 million in contracts to design and install runway status lights at airports around the nation. These runway and taxiway lights help pilots know when it is safe to enter, cross or take off on a runway.

Air traffic tower earthquake protection: Nearly $20 million in construction and engineering contracts to make stronger air traffic towers in earthquake prone areas.

Weather Research: Over $14 million in projects to research NextGen weather technology systems for air traffic facilities and for aircraft cockpits.

The lights are slated for installation at the following airports:

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

New York LaGuardia Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

Newark Liberty International Airport

Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Chicago O’Hare International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Washington-Dulles International Airport

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport

The halt of aviation development projects also threatens 46,000 other jobs in businesses related to construction and jeopardizes to cost the government more than $1 billion in revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes if Congress doesn't solve the problem until lawmakers return to Washington in September.

President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the FAA's operating authority. The standoff involves House Republicans efforts to change an airline labor rule to make it more difficult for employees to unionize and proposed cuts of $16.5 million in airline service subsidies to rural communities. Senate Democrats oppose both.

According to USA TODAY's analysis of stop-work orders issued by the FAA after Congress didn't re-authorize the agency July 23, 234 development and modernization projects have been halted, and 24 other projects have been partially stopped.

Aviation consultant Michael Boyd says the work stoppages could result in additional costs for the federal government.

"It's expensive to stop construction, and it can be expensive to re-schedule contractors, suppliers and sub-contractors," Boyd says.

The Air Transport Association of America, which represents U.S. airlines, says there's "an urgent need" for a long-term FAA re-authorization.

"The absence of re-authorization creates uncertainty for all sectors of the aviation industry," says Steve Lott, the group's spokesman.

The 10 Biggest FAA projects affected by the FAA funding dispute in Congress:

Contractor	Purpose	Value

Lockheed Martin*	Replacement of air traffic controller displays	$3.5 billion

ITT*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.4 billion

General Dynamics*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.2 billion

Metron Aviation*	Systems engineering contracts for NextGen air traffic control system	$1.1 billion

Lockheed Martin*	Continuation of computers in 20 air traffic control centers until replacement system is fully operational	$619 million

Sensis Corp*	Airport surface radar safety system to help prevent runway collisions	$390 million

TASC*	Support services for NextGen transition	$384 million

Jacobs Engineering	Architecture and engineering for High Altitude Air Traffic Control Centers	$370 million

Sensis Corp*	Runway lighting systems that help prevent collisions	$214 million

SAIC	Support contract for airport surface radar system	$104 million
* = Project partially stopped

Israel cabinet sanctions proposals for new airport

8:43 AM

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The new airport will be situated 18km north of Eilat and handle domestic and European flights.

The Israeli government has sanctioned proposals for a new NIS1.7bn ($500m) international airport at Timna, 18km north of Eilat, according to local media reports and the Israeli government website.

The new airport, originally suggested by Israel transport minister Yisrael Katz, will handle domestic and European flights and be connected to Eilat via a new train line. It will also see the building of a new logistics centre, park-and-ride lot and bus station to replace the current Eilat central bus station.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Construction is set to take three years with planning to be finished in the next 12 months.DFNIonline understands that the airport will be financed and operated by the Israel Airports Authority and that the existing Eilat Ovda airport will close when the new facility is operational.

Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu said at Sunday's cabinet assembly: "This airport will be an alternative to Ben-Gurion Airport and will free up considerable land in Eilat, provide a solution for the expansion of Eilat and prevent noise and other pollution in the city.”

According to Katz, the closure of the existing airport in Eilat will enable the improvement of the city and develop quality of life for residents.

Sakal Group-owned company Layam Co is the duty-free operator at the existing Eilat Ovda International airport after winning in 2007 a tender to keep on operating at the location, where it has been present for nearly 20 years.

A judged 1.5m passengers are calculated to use the new airport each year, just about 90% of the passengers on domestic flights, according to reports.

U.S. court continues use of airport scanners

2:54 PM

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U.S. court continues use of airport scanners

A U.S. appeals court in Washington upheld the government's right to use full-body scanners to screen air travelers at the nation's airports but said the Transportation Security Administration should have sought public comment before deploying them.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia which reviews challenges to federal regulations, upheld the use of the scanners, the Los Angeles Times reported, known as Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT.L), were not an unconstitutional search and declined to halt their use despite TSA's failure to follow proper procedure.

The need for public security outweighs the privacy travelers give up, Justice Douglas Ginsburg said, accepting the scanners are more invasive than the older devices that detect metallic objects and not powders or other materials that could explode.

"Despite the safety measures taken by the TSA, it is clear that producing an image of the unclothed passenger … intrudes on his or her individual privacy in a way that a magnetometer does not," Ginsburg wrote.

"That balance [between privacy and security] clearly favors the government here," Ginsburg said.

Passengers have the choice of choosing a pat down search if they don't want to pass over the scanner.

Seized Government Cars at San Francisco

12:17 AM

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Seized government cars are available at police auctions in San Francisco. The local residents will vouch for the good conditions of the cars and their maintenance in police auctions. These police auctions are very popular among the locals especially for buying a second car for the family. Repo car auctions are another good source for buying good condition cars at cheap prices.

San Francisco has many auction firms. These auction firms hold auctions at various locations everyday. These auctions are advertised in local media like television and newspapers. This allows the participation of local residents in the auctions. Online auctions are also held these days. Online police auctions are increasing in popularity because of the convenience involved and the prices the cars are sold at. If you have a computer and an internet connection you can take part in the online auctions held and purchase a car without even stepping out of your house. This is possible by registering online for the online auction. Once this is done you can view the cars and bid for them online and on winning the car would be delivered at your home.

There are live auctions conducted by the firms. These are good to attend. They also require you to register before taking part. The police auctions usually have cars from criminals, illegal cars, abandoned cars, from the state government, the military, the FBI, the banks, hospitals etc. The cars are all pooled together and their papers verified and legalized if found to be illegal or new papers drawn up for cars without them. These cars are then auctioned off. The cars are in good condition and maintained very well and clean to be taken home as soon as it is bought.