Obama Renews Push For Infrastructure Bank
By Andrew Compart andrew_compart@aviationweek.com
A “national infrastructure bank” could be used to guarantee private loans that would help airlines equip their aircraft for the satellite-based Next Generation air traffic control program, the Obama Administration says in its fiscal 2012 budget proposal for the Transportation Department.
The creation of the bank, however, would depend on approval for the years-old idea—overcoming concerns ...