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WATF Activities
Air Service Development - Passengers and Cargo
The
Task Force works to ensure that the National Capital region
has the air service and related structure to sustain its
prosperity in today’s global market. In so doing, the Task
Force:
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Places the core of the airline’s repeat business behind the
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s efforts to expand
air service on specific routes;
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Works to create an aviation policy environment which will
benefit the growth of the region’s air transportation system;
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Encourages aviation and related infrastructure improvements,
such as modern air traffic control, new runways and improved
ground access. Specific air service development activities
include:
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provision of business user and citizen support for Airports
Authority and airline efforts to expand service at Washington’s
airports.
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focuses on specific service omissions, which if filled, would be
of strategic benefit to the region's economic development.
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works through the United States Airports for Better
International Air Service (USA-BIAS) for federal international
aviation policies, including Open Skies, which give weight to
the economic needs of communities as well as to the mercantile
needs of the air carriers;
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promotes the cargo use of Washington Dulles and seeks synergy
between sea, air and space through the Inland Port and the
Virginia Space Port;
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represents the business user and regional consumer in petitions
to the federal government on policy matters effecting
Washington's airports and air service;
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encourages the growth of lower fare services directly;
- conducts
direct mail and advertising programs targeted on airline
decision makers as appropriate.
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