FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority Executive Director Appointed to Department of Transportation National Task Force

Lehigh Valley, PA - Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority Executive Director, George F. Doughty, was recently appointed by U. S. Secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters, to the National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays.  The first meeting of the Task Force will be held in Washington, D. C. on FEBRUARY 26, 2008. 

• The Task Force will review incidents involving long, on-board ground delays and their causes; identify trends and patterns of such events; and recommend workable solutions for mitigating the on-board consumer impact of extraordinary flight disruptions.
• The Task Force will review existing airline and airport contingency plans for extended tarmac delays for best practices.
• The Task Force will report to the Secretary of Transportation the results of its consideration and a description of model contingency plans it develops. 

More detailed information on the National Task Force can be found by clicking here.

Lehigh Valley International Airport is located near Allentown, Pennsylvania and is served by Air Canada, Allegiant Air, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways. LVIA serves a twelve county area with a population base of 3.6 million people. The Airport is easily accessible from communities in eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey areas. The airport is entirely funded by user fees; no property tax dollars are used for the airport's capital improvements or for its day-to-day operation.

For more information on LVIA, visit www.lvia.org.