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DCA Access News Clipping Archive
October 19, 2005
- Reagan Airport back in business
The Washington Times
- “A ban that kept most business jets from landing at Reagan Airport ended after more than four years. Its repeal
comes with scores of new regulations, however. Just two arrivals were scheduled yesterday as aircraft operators figure
out how to comply with the new rules. ’We don't want to compromise security, but we think the more workable the
process is, the more operations we will continue to see,’ said Dan Hubbard, spokesman for the National Business
Aviation Association Inc., which represents more than 7,000 corporations operating private aircraft.”
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- Top News - NBAA Welcomes First GA Flight At Reagan National Airport Since
2001
Aero News Network
- “'NBAA is pleased to welcome the arrival of the first general aviation flight into Washington National Airport
in more than four years,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. 'We have always believed that effective security
measures can coexist with normal economic activity and freedom of mobility at the airport, and today’s flight marks
a good step in that direction.'”
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October 18, 2005
- WTOP AM 1500, Washington, DC
- "Six million dollars a month, that's money the local economy didn't get since general aviation flights were banned
here after September 11th. That's meant the loss of tax revenue and business for providers here. Dan Hubbard is with the
National Business Aviation Association, which compiled the numbers. [Mr. DAN HUBBARD, National Business Aviation Association]:
'Even the hoteliers, the restaurants here in town, the taxi cab companies, it's really been something that's been felt
at all levels.'"
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- More than four years after terror attacks, private planes return to National
The Associated Press
- "'Effective security measures can coexist with normal economic activity,'" said Ed Bolen, chief executive
officer of the National Business Aviation Association. Suspension of private flights at National drained an estimated
$200 million out of the regional economy in four years, according to an industry study."
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October 17, 2005
- GA Flights Return to National Airport
WJLA ABC CH7 Washington, DC
- NBAA President and CEO: "Hopefully, as we move down the line, we can bring some efficiencies that will reduce the number that the companies have to pay."
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- General aviation returns to National Airport
CNN.com
- "'We definitely would like to see the rules made a little more workable,' said Dan Hubbard of the National Business
Aviation Association."
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- Private planes cleared to land again at Reagan
The Washington Times
- "Closing the airport to private planes cost an estimated $280 million in lost revenue and wages, according to a
study conducted by HLB Decision Economics and funded by the National Business Aviation Association."
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- Private jets and charter companies can fly into Reagan National Airport
again, but with heavy security measures in place.
USA Today
- "Ed Bolen, president of the National Business Aviation Association, says the new rules will be too inconvenient
or expensive for many of the businesses, celebrities and lobbyists that want to bring jets here.
"Private aircraft flying into Washington will have to provide names of all passengers at least 24 hours in advance
so they can be checked against terrorist watch lists. The flights must leave from one of 12 airports where TSA can screen
passengers and luggage.
"'We're looking at it more as a pilot program," Bolen says. "You start small and as you become more
and more comfortable, you expand out.'"
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October 5, 2005
- General aviation returns to Reagan National Oct. 18
The Washington Business Journal
- "A study commissioned by the National Business Aviation Association said that nearly $1.3 billion in economic activity
was lost between September 2001 and March 2004 as a result of the ban."
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