A new plan to reduce the amount of air tours over Haleakala National Park, which has been in the making for two decades, was completed on Thursday by the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration, according to a news release.
The Air Tour Management Plan puts the NPS and FAA in compliance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000. In May 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., ordered the two federal agencies to comply with the act after the Hawaiian Island Coalition Malama Pono and the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued.