The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects the number of flights to increase by more than a third in the next decade. The number of passengers is expected to exceed 1 billion.

The projections, which will be unveiled Tuesday at a conference by the Federal Aviation Administration, come as flight delays and passenger service are under increased scrutiny from Congress. Lawmakers are pushing bills that would have a major impact on the carriers' day-to-day operations, in some cases restricting their freedom to merge, mandating customer-service improvements or giving regulators enhanced authority to take away gates at airports dominated by one carrier.
http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB984435400257309029.html

The FAA, which releases the forecasts in conjunction with its annual aviation conference, predicted that the number of takeoffs and landings would rise from almost 26 million in 2000 to 36 million in 2012, a 39 percent increase.
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2001/03/984482755.html


Airports expected to get the biggest increases in traffic are those in fast-growing areas, such as Phoenix; Orlando, Fla.; and Las Vegas.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/543242.asp
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/...e-forecast.htm



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