Government Regulation
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The Bill to Reform Air Traffic Control is Out, But the Most Important Pieces are Missing
It’s been a long time coming, but the sponsors of the House of Representatives bill to split air traffic control into its…
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3 Links I Love: Impact of Middle East Airlines, Pan Am, Southwest Exodus
Today’s featured link: New Data Show Steep Decline in International Bookings in Orlando, San Francisco, and Chicago after Gulf Carriers Launch New…
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3 Links I Love: Kuwait’s Prejudice, Europe’s Aviation Policy, Delta Finds a New Partner
Today’s featured link: Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route – USA Today For those who don’t know, Kuwait Airways flew New York/JFK to…
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Across the Aisle From American’s SVP of Government Affairs on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control is Good (and Shouldn’t be Called Privatization)
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an interview with Steve Dickson, Delta’s SVP of Flight Operations, on why Delta opposes efforts…
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3 Links I Love: United Leaves Dubai But Adds Snacks, Pigs on a Runway
Today’s featured link: United Airlines to stop flying to Dubai – Reuters Another one bites the dust. United (again following Delta’s lead)…
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Across the Aisle from Delta’s SVP of Operations on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control Would Be Bad
If you haven’t heard, it’s time for Congress to once again try to reauthorize the FAA. I say “try” because in general,…
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DOJ Tries to Prevent United From Acquiring More Newark Slots, and I’m Not Against That Plan
If there’s been one constant in the last few years, it’s my general opposition to what the feds have tried to do…
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Here Delta Goes Again On Its Own, Goin’ Down the Only Road Its Ever Known
Delta has repeatedly made the decision over the last few years to take the path less traveled. In its latest move, Delta…
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Across the Aisle From Virgin America’s CEO on His Plan to Force Legacy Carriers to Let Him Use Their Feeder Networks
I was at the International Aviation Forecast Summit (more commonly called the Boyd conference) earlier this week and had the chance to…
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Congress is Once Again Trying to Re-regulate Airlines While Hiding Behind the Consumer Protection Veil
It’s rather remarkable how often some body in the US government decides to take up an issue related to the airlines. This…
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TSA and American Discriminate Against the French
Last week, we had our internal Crankyfest gathering for Cranky Concierge. We do this every year as a way for the team…
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Emirates Fires Back at Subsidy Accusations
When American, Delta, and United first released the details of their investigation into the finances of Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar, I figured…