Wednesday, July 25, 2007

La. Airport to Reopen Traffic Control

Permanent air traffic control service is set to resume for the first time since Hurricane Katrina at an airport near downtown New Orleans.'Hopefully, everything's on track and it will open up Monday,' airport aviation director Randy Taylor said Wednesday.Service is set to be limited, with workers initially relying on radios and cell phones _ without the radar equipment in place before the August 2005 storm, said C.W. Baker, president of the local National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Hours of operation also will be reduced, Baker said. Read more - Original Story

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