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Air delays could cost USD 170bn

Washington, Usa - Without further investments the US air traffic will cost at the nation's economy billions of dollars

A new study into aviation economics has advised that unless more investment goes into the US air traffic control system it could cost the US economy USD 170bn over the next ten years. The study, sponsored by a number of organizations in the aviation industry, has warned that air traffic delays in 2000 cost the US economy USD 9.4bn. It shows that unless additional investment in infrastructure and...

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Rome, Italy, 10/01/2002 16:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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