Worldwide, 13 new airport public-private partnerships were launched in 2025, with a total value of $9.83 billion, according to Reason Foundation’s Annual Aviation Infrastructure Report. The paper finds that global airport public-private partnership deal values jumped to $51.96 billion across 79 projects in 2025, exceeding the pre-pandemic 2019 level of $51 billion and significantly above […]
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TDI Partners with Kansas Company to Advance Aircraft-Moving Innovation
Kansas State University’s Technology Development Institute, or TDI, recently partnered with RPMC LLC of Almena on a new device for moving aircraft around the tarmac and into hangars. The device was developed to support maintenance, repair and overhaul, or MRO, operations and help facilities use limited hangar space more efficiently. To accomplish this, the ability […]
LAPP Urges City Council to Schedule Burke Lakefront Hearing
In a letter to Cleveland City Council members, the Lakefront Airport Preservation Partnership (LAPP) is urging the Council’s Transportation and Mobility Committee to schedule a hearing on Mayor Justin Bibb’s proposed closure of Burke Lakefront Airport with airport proponents and stakeholders. “Over the past year, discussions regarding the future of Burke have accelerated significantly. The […]
AfBAA Launches Groundbreaking Research to Improve Understanding of Business Aviation in Africa
Photo Caption: AfBAA launches new research initiative to clarify the state of business aviation in Africa. Copyright VIPAero The African Business Aviation Association, AfBAA, has announced the launch of a landmark research project that aims to advance the understanding, perception, and knowledge of the sector across the African continent. The first phase of the multi-phase […]
State Aviation Officials Welcome USDOT National Strategy for Advanced Air Mobility
The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) welcome the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) National Strategy for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) on the 122nd anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight. The ten-year plan outlines nationwide development and deployment of AAM technologies, while also providing support to State, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments. […]
United Express Daily Jet Service Coming to Lynchburg Regional Airport
New, daily United Express jet service is coming to Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH), offering convenient connections to two major hub airports: Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). The new flights will be operated by SkyWest Airlines seven days a week beginning March 24, 2026, expanding travel options and providing approximately […]
The Rush to Discontinue the Use of Leaded Aviation Fuel Thwarted by the Court and the FAA
By Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. In the first six months of 2025, two significant legal decisions occurred which signal that opponents to the use of leaded aviation fuel must throttle back on their attempts to prematurely eliminate the use of leaded aviation fuel. The first significant decision was the Federal Aviation Administration’s March 24, 2025 […]
NASAO and FAA Sign MOU to Enhance Partnership on the State Block Grant Program
The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue to work in partnership to enhance the administration of the state block grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The MOU signed by FAA Administrator, Michael Whitaker, and NASAO Board Chair, Kyle Wanner, […]
Spring Break Travel in Full Swing at North Dakota Airports
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 88,152 airline passenger boardings during the recent month of February. This is a 9% increase from the 80,552 boardings that the state experienced in the same month in 2022. “Air service activity levels throughout North Dakota remains very healthy as spring break travel is in […]
