Advocacy & Policy

Report: Civil Aviation Growth in the 21st Century

Civil aviation has always played a vital role in the health of the world’s economy and the well-being of its inhabitants. It facilitates commerce and connects families, friends and cultures across borders and oceans the way no other mode of travel can. Civil aviation is also vital to global humanitarian missions, bringing lifesaving equipment and personnel to disaster zones around the world.

Capacity- Air Traffic Capacity & Delay

• Ensuring JPDO Success (PDF)
• The National Economic Impact of Civil Aviation

Environmental Issues Portal

• Aviation and Climate Change: The Views of Aviation Industry Stakeholders
  Executive Summary (PDF)
• Aviation and Climate Change: The Views of Aviation Industry Stakeholders
• FAA Emissions & Dispersion Modeling System Reference Manual (PDF)
• ICAO CAEP/3 Economic Analysis of Noise & Emissions Options (PDF)
• Emissions Reduction Technology Workshop (PDF)
• Aviation and the Environment: A National Vision Statement, Framework for Goals and Recommended Actions (PDF)

Safety

• AIA Report on High Bypass Ratio Turbine Engine Uncontained Rotor Events and Small Fragment Threat Characterization - Volume 1 (PDF)
• AIA Report on High Bypass Ratio Turbine Engine Uncontained Rotor Events and Small Fragment Threat Characterization - Volume 2 (PDF)
• AIA and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (PDF)
• Commercial Aviation Safety Team - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Safer Skies/CAST Safety Enhancements (PDF)

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• AIA Steps Out on UAS Integration Effort, March 2011 eUpdate
  by Cortney Robinson
• AIA letter to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt advocating for a national strategic plan for UAS integration, February 2011 (PDF)