The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold its 28th Annual…
The U.S. Department of Transportation`s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold its 28th Annual Aviation Forecast Conference on March 18th and 19th at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The theme of this year`s conference is Aviation`s Recovery: Timing, Strength, and Structural Change?
At the conference, the FAA will release its Aerospace Forecasts Fiscal Years 2003 – 2014, which gives the latest and future estimates of activity and growth in aviation products and services.
The first day of the conference will begin at 8 a.m. at the Convention Center, 900 Ninth St. N.W. Opening the conference will be featured speakers Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta, FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey, and the Homeland Security Department`s Transportation Security Administration Deputy Administrator Steve HcHale. Beginning at noon, the luncheon keynote speaker will be David N. Siegel, president and CEO of US Airways. Throughout the day, various panels will examine the environment of aviation, strategies for recovery, and potential alternatives to commercial air travel.
The second day will begin at 8 a.m. and will include five concurrent panels that will examine the status of large commercial air carriers, regional/commuter airlines, air cargo, airports/infrastructure, and general aviation.
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