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EAA agrees to pay $450,000 to FAA

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:58:21 -0400

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - The Experimental Aircraft Association has agreed to pay the Federal Aviation Administration $450,000 for air traffic control services during the upcoming AirVenture fly-in - but under protest.

Work starts on O'Hare air traffic control tower

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:04:41 -0400

CHICAGO - Crews have started work on a new air traffic control tower on the south side of O'Hare International Airport.

Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:04 -0400

PARIS - A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace.

Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:22:35 -0400

EU nations battle over air traffic control plans

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:15:55 -0400

PARIS - A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe - and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects.

French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:41:39 -0400

PARIS - Air traffic controllers in France kicked off a series of strikes against a European plan to overhaul their industry, forcing the country's main airports to cut their flight timetables in half on Tuesday.

French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:57:21 -0400

EAA objects to $500,000 air traffic bill from FAA

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:30:29 -0400

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - The chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association said it will pay a $500,000 air traffic control fee for its annual summer convention, but he worries that other events hit with similar bills from the Federal Aviation Administration won't be able to.

Lawsuits over fatal Wyo. plane crash to mediation

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:53 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Lawyers are planning mediation sessions to try to resolve two federal lawsuits stemming from a 2010 plane crash in western Wyoming that killed a Minnesota father and three sons.