Travel -: New York ponders expansion plans for airports

Travel - Headlines from New York ponders expansion plans for airports 8 Jul 2011, 2:49 pm 1 2 next |   single page Reuters 8:49 a.m. CDT, July 8, 2011 NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters Life!) - The group that manages New York's airports is studying proposals to expand them after a warning that failure to keep up with increasing air travel demand could hurt the region's economy. Proposals poured in to the Port Authority of New York before July 1 deadline for comments on plans to expand usage at LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, a Port Authority spokesman said. The three airports are the worst in the nation in terms of delays and cancellations, according to a 2010 report by the Federal Aviation Administration. "All three airports face increasing delays and congestion and if passenger growth continues and new facilities cannot be provided, these airports will no longer have the capability to meet the region's demand for passenger air service," the authority said in its request for proposals for an airport capacity study. The request also cited a study released in January by the You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.