The Global Gateway Alliance has conducted a survey which concluded that the three principal New York-area airports (JFK, Newark and LaGuardia) are severely underfunded by the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program.According to the survey, 35% of $4 billion in FAA grants for airport improvements went to facilities that served fewer than 10,000 passengers, according to the survey.Chairman of the Global Gateway Alliance Joe Sitt said: “When the federal government gives almost $1.4bn to airports that serve less than 1% of the nation’s passengers at the expense of the busiest airport system in the country, there’s something seriously wrong. Funding must be

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