Government Regulation
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Thinking Through DOT’s Surprising FAA Oversight Memo
You may have heard yesterday something about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating maintenance practices at Allegiant and American. That’s…
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A Bill to Allow Foreign Airline Ownership in the US Won’t Do What They Think It Will
Every so often, the debate over who should be able to own an airline in the US heats up. Just a couple…
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American and Qantas Try to Hook Up Again, Warn of Doom and Gloom If Shot Down
Back in 2015, American and Qantas tried to gain US government approval to expand a joint venture to include anti-trust immunity for…
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Trump Gets Tough on the Middle East Airlines… Or Possibly Not
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven…
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Southern Airways Express Serves Small Cities… And Makes Money
My ongoing, unorganized series looking at the demise of small city service in the US has been pretty depressing. Sure there are…
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How the Experts Think We Can Improve Small Community Air Service
The problem of declining small city service is far from being resolved, and I have a few posts lined up to address…
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27 Small US Cities Have Air Service on the Chopping Block
As I scrolled the list of cities that would no longer qualify for Essential Air Service earlier this month, I felt that…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based…
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The Back Door Way to Regulate Against Adding More Seats on Airplanes
I’m back from vacation, and I hope you enjoyed the 72 Hour series on the Alaska Milk Run while I was gone.…
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Foreign Airlines Should Be Able to Fly Within the US and Lose Money if They Want
There’s a fun-filled cycle of hate in the US airline industry that works in a specific way. First, something bad happens (legroom…
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In the Great 2017 Mexico City Slot Giveaway, Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, and Volaris are the Victors
After the US and Mexico agreed to an open skies agreement for travel between the two countries, Delta and Aeromexico wasted no…
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International Travel Demand to the US Should Be an Enormous Concern
With so much uncertainty surrounding travel and visa policies for people coming to the US, demand has unsurprisingly started to drop. If…