Where is APA
On January 7th ALPA and SWAPA along with Airlines for America sent a letter to Congress to again follow up on opposition to the opening of a Customers pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport. This facility, where no US airlines operate, would provide a direct competitive advantage to state backed foreign carriers. Worse yet, our own tax dollars are being diverted away from improving our often lengthy Customs wait times here in the U.S.
I was happy to see SWAPA sign the letter but was rather dismayed to see that APA did not. With 100s of billions worth of widebody jets on order and governments determined to make their carriers successful with whatever it takes, we face an enormous threat. Is APA engaged at all in these issues? Why didn't they sign the letter?