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Aircraft and transport. FAA releases list of the 149 towers which will have to close

Washington, USA - "Unfortunately we are faced with a series of difficult choices", Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood claims

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reached the decision that 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency’s sequestration implementation plan. The planned closures are aimed to cut up to 50 million dollars from the FAA's 16 billion dollars budget this fiscal year, which are part of 85 billion dollars in cuts across the gov...

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Rome, Italy, 03/25/2013 12:12
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