AIR-TRAFFIC TRIPLING

BY PHILIP FINE

AMERICA should triple its air capacity to adapt to changes in the next 15 to 20 years, says the US Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta. He said immediate expansions in airport and air traffic control facilities to deal with growing numbers of jet taxis, private jets, airliner traffic and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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