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Bolen: Bizav Access to Airspace, Airports Under Threat

Bolen fears ATC privatization would cede control of airspace and airport access to the airlines, limiting business aviation's access.

A U.S. bill that aims to privatize air traffic control would inevitably cede control of airspace and airport access to the airlines, with the likely result limiting business aviation's access, said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. He is urging the business aviation industry to use NBAA's Contact Congress page, shown here on his smartphone, to tell their U.S. representatives that they oppose ATC privatization. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

January 28, 2016

An FAA reauthorization bill that is expected to be introduced next week would not only privatize the U.S. air traffic control system and introduce aviation user fees but it will also likely choke general and business aviation’s access to airspace and airports near busy airline hubs, said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. Speaking today at the association’s regional forum at Atlantic Aviation in Palm Beach, Fla., he said, “The bill would make ATC a nonprofit private corporation with a board dominated by the airlines,allowing them to control access to airspace and airports.”

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