• YokweOnline
  

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  Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 10:38 PM

  
  

  Saipan Tribune, June 25, 2010

  The Federal Aviation Administration awarded nearly US$1 billion in Airport Improvement Project funds to Pacific Islands airports in fiscal years 2000 through 2009, according to Honolulu Airports District Office FAA manager Ron Simpson.
  
  Speaking on the second day of the 13th Micronesian Chief Executives Summit, Simpson said yesterday that in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 alone, the FAA awarded a total of US$658 million to Pacific airports.
  
  Data presented to summit participants showed that Pacific airports got the highest grant amount in FY 2009, amounting to US$123.4 million. This is a slight increase from the US$120.1 million issued in FY 2005.
  
  Other AIP funding received in past fiscal years include US$102.7 million in FY 2004; US$70.7 million in FY 2006; US$136.5 million in FY 2007; and US$103.8 million in FY 2008.
  
  There are two types of AIP funds: Entitlement funds and discretionary funds.
  
  The entitlement funding levels are a proportionate distribution based on the number of enplanements for the airport. From FY 2004 through 2009, FAA issued a total of US$276.6 million in entitlement funds.
  
  Discretionary funds are distributed on a competitive basis and are based on airport performance. From FY 2004 through 2009, FAA issued a total of US$353.4 million in discretionary funds...
  
  ...He disclosed that over 50 new generation ARFF vehicles have so far been procured for the Pacific region using AIP funds...
  
  ...Simpson also encouraged Micronesian leaders to collaborate and monitor developments in the U.S. Congress, where a proposal to extend the eligibility of Micronesia’s airports for AIP grants is being reviewed. He said hearings for the AIP reauthorization are now being conducted, with a proposal to extend Micronesian airports’ eligibility to 2012...

  
  
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• Neen_JekEiin
  

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  Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 09:04 PM

  Great NEWS!
  
  

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• Kunar
  

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  Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 05:50 PM

  Time to concentrate in the subdistricts' airports (including Mili Atoll and Maloelap Atoll) to promote tourism development and to spead the wealth around the Marshall Islands. Such destinations would be popular among the Japanese tourists whose many relatives served on these islands during the WWII.
  
  
  
  
  edited by: Kunar, Jun 27, 2010 - 07:54 PM

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