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GBTA Members Ask Congress to Stop Diverting 9-11 Security Fee, Expand Visa Waiver Program and Establish Working Group on Ground Transportation

Over 130 GBTA Members Take to Capitol Hill for 17th Annual GBTA Legislative Summit

May 20, 2019 / Shane Downey

GBTA hosted its 17th annual Legislative Summit last week. Over 130 GBTA members representing 23 states attended, calling on lawmakers to ensure the entire 9-11 Aviation Security Fee is used for airport security and passenger facilitation, to further strengthen national security and expand international travel through the Visa Waiver Program…

Airline Trends, Ground Transportation, Infrastructure, Travel Safety and Security

Don’t Forget Ground Transportation When Talking About Business Travel

May 15, 2019 / Shane Downey

Throughout most of the 17th annual Legislative Summit, I drove home the message that business travel is important both to the U.S. economy and to the nation’s workforce. And one of the ways we achieve that is by having well-run airports and successful airlines. But how do we get to…

Ground Transportation, Travel Safety and Security

JOLT—It’s Not Just An Energy Drink

GBTA Asks Congress To Strengthen National Security and Expand International Travel

May 15, 2019 / Shane Downey

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) permits citizens of 38 countries to travel to the U.S. for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. In return, those 38 countries must permit U.S. citizens and nationals to travel to their countries for a similar length of…

Travel Safety and Security, Travel Trends

Call Security! GBTA Members Ask Congress to Keep the 9/11 Security Fees for Security

May 15, 2019 / Shane Downey

As GBTA Legislative Summit continues the 9/11 Security Fee and the FASTER ACT was another key issue up for discussion. Safety and security are the cornerstones of business travel and following the September 11 attacks, Congress instituted a fee, currently at $5.60 per flight or $11.20 per roundtrip, to help…

Airline Trends, Travel Safety and Security, Travel Trends

On the Road Again, GBTA Discusses Rules of the Road at Annual Legislative Summit and Fly-In

May 15, 2019 / Shane Downey

At today’s 17th Annual Legislative Summit, we’ll be live blogging our top issues. You can also follow along on Twitter: @GlobalBTA and join in the conversation with #GBTALegSummit. First up, we talked through GBTA’s recently updated Rules of the Road. GBTA developed the Rules of the Road in order to…

Technology, Travel Safety and Security, Travel Trends

REAL ID Update

April 8, 2019 / Shane Downey

GBTA has closely been following developments with REAL ID over the past few years. REAL ID is a federal law passed as part of the 9/11 Commission in 2015 and requires states to issue standardized ID cards and driver’s licenses that include new technology. The intent of the law is…

Airline Trends, News, Travel Safety and Security, Travel Trends

More Airport Taxes Just Won’t Fly

GBTA Urges Congress to Reject a PFC Increase

March 25, 2019 / Shane Downey

Currently, some in Congress want to double the current Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), and others even want to remove the cap altogether, meaning airports would be able to increase the PFC as much as they want. Today, GBTA joined Travelers United, Americans for Tax Reform and Airlines for America in opposition…

Airline Trends, Infrastructure, News

Protect 9/11 Aviation Security Fee: Aviation Security Too Important to Divert Funds

March 19, 2019 / Shane Downey

Details on the Administration’s 2020 budget continue to come out this week. Included in it was a proposal to increase the 9/11 Aviation Security fee by one dollar, despite the fact that a portion of the funds currently being collected are being diverted to general deficit reduction. The fee is…

Airline Trends, News, Travel Trends

GBTA Unveils New Airline RFP

December 7, 2016 / Shane Downey

At GBTA’s annual Convention this July, the Aviation Committee unveiled a new Airline Request for Proposal (RFP). GBTA is excited to announce that it is making this new RFP toolkit available free of charge to all in the industry. This new Airline RFP is a complete revamp of an eight-year-old document and will ease the

Airline Trends, Travel Policy, Travel Trends

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All posts by Shane Downey

GBTA Members Ask Congress to Stop Diverting 9-11 Security Fee, Expand Visa Waiver Program and Establish Working Group on Ground Transportation

Over 130 GBTA Members Take to Capitol Hill for 17th Annual GBTA Legislative Summit

Don’t Forget Ground Transportation When Talking About Business Travel

JOLT—It’s Not Just An Energy Drink

GBTA Asks Congress To Strengthen National Security and Expand International Travel

Call Security! GBTA Members Ask Congress to Keep the 9/11 Security Fees for Security

On the Road Again, GBTA Discusses Rules of the Road at Annual Legislative Summit and Fly-In

REAL ID Update

More Airport Taxes Just Won’t Fly

GBTA Urges Congress to Reject a PFC Increase

Protect 9/11 Aviation Security Fee: Aviation Security Too Important to Divert Funds

GBTA Unveils New Airline RFP

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Over 130 GBTA Members Take to Capitol Hill for 17th Annual GBTA Legislative Summit

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GBTA Urges Congress to Reject a PFC Increase

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