Every day the skies are filled with thousands of airplanes and hundreds of thousands of passengers traveling on the safest and most efficient aviation system in the world.
Air travel is now part of mainstream America.
It is no longer reserved for the rich or the business traveler but is now dominated by family leisure travel. Aviation experts expect that the airlines will carry one billion passengers annually by 2010. The amount of goods shipped by cargo aircraft is also rapidly increasing. We can, but if our goal is to have the most efficient, safest, and secure aviation system in the world, we have to continue our commitment to invest in America's aviation infrastructure. For West Michigan, aviation is directly linked to economic growth and quality of life.