National Air Transportation Association president James Coyne has sent a letter to US Congress urging it to issue the $100 million funding that was authorised last year by the government's Vision 100 - Federal Aviation Administration reauthorisation act. The money was intended to provide financial assistance for general aviation businesses that have suffered as a result of the 11 September terrorist attacks. Coyne says general aviation businesses have faced hardship due to operational and airspace restrictions imposed in the days and weeks following the terrorist attacks. "While the airlines were allowed to operate within a few days of 11 September and received $5 billion in federal grants, general aviation's gradual return to the skies took several months and in some cases operations are still prevented," he says.
Source: Flight International
