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More investments are needed in air transport infrastructure to meet the projected rise in travel demand and enable the sector to provide more benefits to the economy, according to state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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In far too many countries government responses to the COVID pandemic, and to the way it has impacted the air transport sector, have been woefully inadequate.
In the U.S., which is still reeling from a brutal Presidential election campaign and post-election events, there was little indication before that election of how either of the candidates would help the sector to progress if they became President.
That still appears to be the case. Of the myriad Executive Orders that have been issued by the Biden administration during its first week in office, only two are aviation-related, and in both cases they understandably specifically concern COVID-19.
noble beast being called a rodent. punxsutawney phil is no rodent. you stand corrected. to answer your question, the american infrastructure ten years ago was ranked first in the world, best in the world by the world economic forum. we re now 16th. our air transport infrastructure is 22nd best in the world. our ports our rails, our roads are in terrible condition. and it s for a simple reason. we re not willing to invest in revitalizing our infrastructure and bringing it up to even satisfactory levels. and weather like we ve been having, especially in the cold weather state, wreaks havoc on the capital budget of states because the more snow, the more ice, the more salt, it just beats the living daylights out of roads and emphasizes the facts that we have a crumbling infrastructure. would weather have less of an impact on this infrastructure if it was modernized? and what would the impact of