Government Regulation
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TSA Needs Your Exact Name When You Fly Now
The TSA is finally transitioning from airline handling of the watch lists to the long-delayed and oft-criticized Secure Flight program, and that…
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This Week on BNET (April 13 – 17)
Cranky is on vacation, but I pre-scheduled a handful of posts over at BNET. Here are this week’s. — Montie Brewer Ousted…
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Flying to the Netherlands Just Got Cheaper Thanks to Scrapped Eco Tax
Environmentalists aren’t going to be happy to hear that the so-called “eco tax” imposed by the Dutch government is going away. Why?…
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Advertising, American, BNET, British Airways, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Mokulele, Republic, United, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic
This Week on BNET (March 23-27)
United Releases Weaker Revenue Guidance United announced that like Continental (though not quite as severe), it is seeing large revenue drops as…
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NTSB Tells Rolls-Royce to Redesign 777 Engine Parts
Last month, I talked about how the British Airways 777 accident and the Delta 777 incident had been connected by an interim…
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Southwest Agrees to Steep Penalties Over Maintenance Problems
Remember when Southwest was fined for flying its planes past the time they were required to go through inspections? It appears that…
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Airbus, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Boeing, Civil Aviation, Delta, Distribution, Fares, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Northwest, PMD – Palmdale, Safety/Security, Schedule Changes, Technology, United
This Week on BNET (Feb 23 – 27)
JetBlue Leaves Open Skies for Sabre The Open Skies system may be simple, but it no longer provides what many low cost…
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Delta, Frontier, Go!, Government Regulation, Hawaiian, Inflight Entertainment, LAX – Los Angeles, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Mesaba, Mokulele
This Week on BNET (Feb 16 – 20)
Delta Starts Consolidating Regional Carriers Delta is taking pieces of Compass, Comair, and Mesaba and mashing them together. Seems like a good…
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McCain Wants You to Be Able to Fly to Washington/National and New York/LaGuardia From Anywhere in the US
Let’s say you’re John McCain. You’ve finally had a couple months to relax after a very long and taxing presidential campaign. Now…
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Accidents/Incidents, Alaska Airlines, Alliances, American, BNET, Continental, Delays/Cancellations, Delta, Government Regulation, LGA – New York/La Guardia, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Westjet
This Week on BNET (Dec 22 – 26)
Secretary of Transportation Nominee Ray LaHood on Aviation Obama has picked former Congressman Ray LaHood (R-IL) as his Secretary of Transportation. Will…
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Impact of FAA’s Potential Downgrade of India and Israel Safety Ratings is Limited
Rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks that the FAA is about to downgrade the safety ratings of India and…
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Homeland Security and the TSA Open Up in a Blogger Roundtable
I have to say that as much flack as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the TSA get, they do a…