Sat, Jan 16, 2010
Move Facilitates Additional Haiti Earthquake Relief
Efforts
The U.S. DOT took steps this week to facilitate the rapid flow
of rescue and relief personnel and supplies to Haiti following the
major earthquake there on Tuesday.
"The earthquake in Haiti has caused a terrible humanitarian
crisis," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. "We
want to do all we can to help the Haitian people begin to put their
lives back together."
The FAA's offer to provide technical assistance for air traffic
management and airport evaluations was accepted by the Haitian
government and a five member team from the FAA will work with the
Haitians and DOD combat controllers to improve the flow of air
traffic moving in and out of the airport there.
In addition, the U.S. DOT granted two exemptions from current
aviation restrictions, expanding the pool of available aircraft by
making them easier to charter. The first exemption grants authority
to General Services Administration-approved air charter brokers to
act as indirect air carriers. This helps streamline the
ability of the U.S. Government to procure charter air services on
short notice.
The Department also granted authority to a class of carriers that
operate large aircraft in private carriage, allowing them to
evacuate persons from and bring personnel and supplies to the
disaster area, augmenting the current fleet of aircraft operated by
commercial airlines. Without this exemption, such conduct
could violate the Department's economic licensing requirement for
airlines.
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