Press Release Article

NEXTGEN ALLIANCE REGISTERS MORE THAN 250 AGENCIES, BUSINESSES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO CREATE COALITION TO MODERNIZE THE SKIES

Date: May 18, 2009
Press Release Number: 60-2009

The National Alliance to Advance NextGen, a Port Authority-led coalition of business, travel, tourism, civic, labor, education, airline and aviation officials created to urge full funding for initiatives to overhaul the country's air traffic control system and significantly reduce delays, has topped 250 member organizations.

The most recent among the 255 registrants include Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company with more than 160,000 employees, the General Electric Company, a 130-year-old global infrastructure, finance and media company, American Express, one of the world's largest travel agency networks with more than $25 billion in global travel sales processed in 2008, and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., one of the oldest professional trade associations in the nation, representing more than 69,000 rooms and 32,000 employees.

Port Authority Chairman Anthony R. Coscia said, "We're tremendously excited about leading this effort to overhaul the nation's 1950s-era air traffic control system. This broad-based coalition reflects the importance of NextGen to America's economic future, and we look forward to securing federal funding for its implementation."

Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward said, "NextGen is a state-of-the-art technology that is destined to reshape air traffic control systems and significantly reduce delays nationwide. We're optimistic that this widespread support will lead to commitments from Congress and the Obama administration to begin advancing these NextGen operations."

The Alliance's membership (a full list follows) features representatives from 21 states, the District of Columbia, and Brazil, and includes family-run businesses (Gilbane Building Company and Holt Construction); an international corporation with offices in 52 countries (Accenture); the world's largest business federation (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); the nation's largest labor union (the International Brotherhood of Teamsters), and New York City's top corporate, investment and entrepreneurial firms (Partnership for New York City). Internationally known tourist attractions such as the Empire State Building, as well as small, neighborhood historical museums, like King Manor in Queens, also are members.

Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Susan Bass Levin said, "NextGen symbolizes the Port Authority's commitment to embrace top-of-the-line technology for national aviation initiatives as well as for our own facilities. As we continue to innovate new concepts to minimize and reduce air traffic delays, we're excited join with our new partners in the National Alliance."

The Alliance is calling for an FAA Reauthorization Bill that includes the billions of dollars necessary to advance, install and operate NextGen technology and procedures as quickly as possible, starting with the nation's most congested airspace like the metropolitan New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles areas. FAA studies have shown that 75 percent of the nation's air traffic delays have their genesis at one of the New York metropolitan region's airports.

As part of the FAA Reauthorization Bill, NextGen - which incorporates an advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) to help air traffic controllers move more aircraft with increased efficiency - will need a long-term, multi-year commitment from Congress and the administration. Total funding is expected to require $8 to $10 billion for the first 10 years, and $15 to $22 billion through 2025.

The National Alliance to Advance NextGen can be found at www.panynj.gov/NextGenNow.

Member Organizations as of May 8, 2009

Organization & State
1 AAA Contracting NJ
2 ACA Associates, Inc. NY
3 Academy Bus NY
4 Accenture NY
5 ADACEL Systems Inc. FL
6 Advanced Energy Dynamics MD
7 AECOM NY
8 Aerospace Industries Association VA
9 Aerospace States Association VA
10 AFCO AvPORTS Management, LLC NJ
11 Air Carrier Association of America DC
12 Air Traffic Control Association VA
13 Air Transport Association DC
14 Air Travelers Association MD
15 Air2ground, LLC TX
16 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association MD
17 Airline Sales Managers Association of New York NY
18 Airport Consultants Council VA
19 Airport Revenue News FL
20 Airports Council International - North America DC
21 Alcatel-Lucent NJ
22 Alliance for the Arts NY
23 Allied Aviation NY
24 American Association of Airport Executives VA
25 American Council of Engineering Companies of NY NY
26 American Express Company NY
27 ARINC, Inc. MD
28 Association for a Better New York NY
29 Association for Minority Enterprises of New York NY
30 Aviation Capital Group CA
31 Aviation Development Council NY
32 Aviation Management Associates, INC VA
33 B. R. Guest Restaurants NY
34 BCD Travel TX
35 Big Apple Greeter NY
36 Boeing Company VA
37 Boy Scouts of America - Greater NY Councils NY
38 Broadway Association NY
39 Bronx Zoo NY
40 BTSystems, LLC MA
41 Building Trades Employers' Association of New York City NY
42 Bunny Grossinger Enterprises NY
43 Business Council of NYS NY
44 Business Travel Coalition PA
45 Cargo Airline Association DC
46 Carl Selinger Services NJ
47 Carpenters Local #370 NY
48 Carpenters Local #45 NY
49 CCGMMI Aviation NV
50 Chazen Companies, The NY
51 City of Chicago Department of Aviation IL
52 Clough Harbor Associates NJ
53 Clyde Lattimer Son Construction NJ
54 Coach USA NY
55 Concorde Worldwide NJ
56 Consumer Travel Alliance DC
57 Contego Systems NJ
58 Corgan Associates Architects PC NY
59 Council for Airport Opportunity NJ
60 Council of Airline Maintenance Managers (CALMM) NY
61 Cruz Enterprises NJ
62 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport TX
63 D'Annunzio & Sons, Inc. NJ
64 Davin Inc. NY
65 Davler Media Group NY
66 Dimark Industries NY
67 DJH Consulting, LLC TX
68 Dockbuilders Local #1456 NY
69 Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, P.C. NY
70 Dunham Group, LLC WA
71 DY Consultants NY
72 Eldercare Learnings OH
73 Embraer S.A. Brazil
74 Empire Force Events NY
75 Empire State Building NY
76 Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters NY
77 Falcon Seaboard TX
78 Famous Famiglia - Famiglia DeBartolo NY
79 Federal Strategy Group DC
80 Five Star Parking NJ
81 Flatotel NY
82 FlightSafety International Inc. NY
83 Floor Coverers Local #2287 NY
84 Fox Shuffler NY
85 Frasca & Associates, LLC NY
86 Gateway Chamber of Commerce NJ
87 Gateway Group One NJ
88 General Contractors Association of New York NY
89 General Electric Company CT
90 Gennaro Construction Consulting NJ
91 George Harms Construction Co., Inc. NJ
92 Gilbane Building Company NY
93 Goshow Architects, LLP NY
94 Grand Central Partnership NY
95 Gray Line New York Sightseeing NY
96 Great Bay Aviation, LLC NH
97 Greater Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce NJ
98 Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau TX
99 Greater Houston Partnership TX
100 Greater Jamaica Development Corporation NY
101 Greater New York Hospital Association NY
102 GreenWoods Consultants, Inc. NY
103 Group One Investments NJ
104 H M Equipment NY
105 H.E.A.R.T. 911 NJ
106 Halcrow, Inc. NY
107 Hempstead Chamber of Commerce, The NY
108 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce SC
109 HMSHost MD
110 HNTB Corporation NY
111 Hogan Hartson, LLP DC
112 Holt Construction Corporation NJ
113 Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. NY
114 Houston Airport System TX
115 Hudson County Chamber of Commerce NY
116 Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation NY
117 I.D. Systems, Inc. NJ
118 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. - USA DC
119 International Airline Passengers Association TX
120 International Brotherhood of Teamsters DC
121 Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum NYC NY
122 Island Park Chamber of Commerce NY
123 J.C. Holdings, LLC TX
124 Jacobs Aviation/Civil Partners NY
125 JFK Air Cargo Association NY
126 JFK Chamber of Commerce NY
127 JFK International Air Terminal, LLC NY
128 Josloff Industries NJ
129 JRCRUZ Corp. NJ
130 Kennedy Airport Airline Management Council NY
131 King Manor Museum NY
132 Kingsborough Community College, Department of Tourism & Hospitality NY
133 Kirstein Young, PLLC DC
134 Knickerbocker, LLC NJ
135 Laborers Local #79 NJ
136 LaGuardia Airport Airline Management Council NY
137 LaGuardia Airport Kiwanis Club NY
138 Landrum & Brown, Inc. OH
139 Langan Engineering & Environmental Services NJ
140 Laurenti Consultants NJ
141 Law Offices of Claudia Wagner LLC NY
142 Leo A Daly GA
143 Limousine Associations of New Jersey NJ
144 Lloyd Douglas Consultants NY
145 Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. TX
146 Long Island City Business Development Corporation NY
147 Los Rios Community College District CA
148 Louis Berger Group, The PA
149 Maneuver Space Technologies, LLC OK
150 Manhattan Chamber of Commerce NY
151 MarketPlace Development NY
152 Max International NY
153 McLaren Engineering Group NY
154 Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce NJ
155 Megabus NY
156 Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority TN
157 Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority TN
158 Miami-Dade Aviation Department FL
159 Mid-Atlantic Aviation Coalition NJ
160 Millwright Local #740 NY
161 Morris Visitor Publications NY
162 Muss Development Company NY
163 Myriad Restaurant Group NY
164 National Air Carrier Association VA
165 National Air Transportation Association VA
166 National Business Travel Association VA
167 New Jersey Air Service Development Office NJ
168 New Jersey Alliance for Action NJ
169 New Jersey Aviation Association NJ
170 New York Aquarium NY
171 New York Building Congress NY
172 New York City Business Travel Association NY
173 New York City Marriott Hotels NY
174 New York City National Academy Foundation NY
175 New York Pass NY
176 Newark International Airport Air Cargo Council NJ
177 Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott Hotel NJ
178 Newark Museum NJ
179 Newark Regional Business Partnership NJ
180 Newmark Knight Frank NY
181 Nicholas & Lence Communications, LLC NY
182 North Eastern Bus Rebuilders NY
183 NYC & Company NY
184 NYC Academy of Hospitality & Tourism NY
185 NYC District Council of Carpenters NY
186 NYC-OTB Corp. NY
187 Office of the Queens Borough President NY
188 Olympia Trails NY
189 Omni-Serv NJ
190 Orange County Chamber of Commerce NY
191 Parabit Systems, Inc. NY
192 Paradies Shops, The GA
193 Parsons Brinckerhoff NY
194 Parsons Transportation Group DC
195 Partnership for New York City NY
196 Partnership Travel Consulting, LLC NJ
197 PBS&J FL
198 Peko Productions NY
199 Planning Technology, Inc. FL
200 Port Authority of NY & NJ NY
201 Precision Maintenance NJ
202 PricewaterhouseCoopers PA
203 Priva-Technologies TX
204 Queens Air Services Development Offices NY
205 Queens Chamber of Commerce NY
206 Queens Economic Development Corporation NY
207 Reed Elsevier IL
208 Regional Airline Association DC
209 Regional Plan Association NY
210 Right Stuff Consulting, Inc., The NJ
211 Rolls-Royce North America VA
212 Sabre Holdings TX
213 Salt Lake City Department of Airports UT
214 Servisair, LLC NY
215 SH&E, an ICF International Company MA
216 SHEARWATER Sailing NY
217 Skanska, USA NY
218 Statue Cruises NY
219 Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, The NY
220 Steer Davies Gleave MA
221 Stewart Air Service Development Office NY
222 STV Incorporated NY
223 T2Impact Ltd DE
224 Teamster Local # 210 NY
225 Terminal One Group Association, JFK International Airport NY
226 Teterboro Users Group NJ
227 The Clarett Group NY
228 The Conti Group NJ
229 The McNeill Group NY
230 Thom Filicia Inc. NY
231 Thomas Coaching Company, Inc. NY
232 Timberman Local #1536 NY
233 Times Square Alliance NY
234 Tisch, Jonathan M. NY
235 TJB Aviation, LLC VA
236 Tommy Hilfiger, USA NJ
237 Tonio Burgos & Associates NY
238 TransSolutions TX
239 TranSystems Corporation DC
240 Travel Dynamics International NY
241 Tzell New Jersey Travel NJ
242 Urban Engineers, Inc. PA
243 URS Corporation NY
244 US Chamber of Commerce DC
245 US Travel Association DC
246 Utility Transportation Contractors Association NJ
247 Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce NY
248 Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc. DC
249 Vaughn College NY
250 VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C. MA
251 Washington Airports Task Force VA
252 West Manhattan Chamber of Commerce NY
253 William Boudouva & Associates NY
254 World Product Centre, The NY
255 Zagat Survey NY

Contact:
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Ron Marsico or Spencer Schrage , 212 435-7777

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Port Authority Auto Marine Terminal; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Greenville Yard-Port Authority Marine Terminal; and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan and is a partner in the Access to the Region's Core tunnel project.