UPDATE 1 US Weighs Aiding Airlines With Air Traffic Upgrades

Airlines are pressuring the government not to saddle them with the bulk of expenses for the planned multibillion-dollar upgrade of the air traffic system to one relying on satellites rather than ground-based radar. LaHood told the annual Federal Aviation N) told reporters on Tuesday at the FAA conference that American's cost alone for equipping its planes with satellite-based navigation upgrades would run from the tens to the hundreds of millions of dollars.

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