Government Regulation
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FAA Extension is Not an “Amazing Win” For Consumers, But It’s Something
I couldn’t help but scratch my head when I saw the headline. “Newly passed air travel legislation is ‘an amazing win for…
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DOT Throws Delta a Japanese Bone
It’s here! It’s here! Maybe I need to tone it down a notch, but the tentative decision on which airlines will get…
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A Deeper Look at Which Airlines Were Chosen to Fly to Havana
The news has been out for awhile, so you may have already seen the headlines. Pretty much every real airline that wanted…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Ancient Tech, Government Moves on UAE/Qatar, Alaska Goes SLO
This week’s featured link: Now Southwest Can Act Like Other Airlines. Uh-Oh? – Bloomberg Southwest is slowly lurching toward finally getting a…
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We Don’t Know What Brexit Means for Airlines, But It’s Not Good
Brexit! I apologize to all my British readers for showing so much excitement, but please know that I did restrain myself from…
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My New York Times Piece On How More Regulation Would Make Flying Worse
Last week the New York Times approached me about contributing to its ongoing Room for Debate feature for the third time. (First…
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Congress and TSA Continue to Point Fingers While Offering Weak Fixes For Long Security Lines
I’ve taken three flights in the last couple of weeks and the Pre Check lines have been open for exactly none of…
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3 Links I Love: Newark Loses Slots, Alaska’s Regional Name, and JetBlue Looks for Virgins
This week’s featured link: Change of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Designation – Federal Register Lost in the madness this week was…
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Cranky on the Web: An Alaska-Virgin America Merger, Seat Size Rules
Hawaii senators want an end to shrinking airplane seat sizes – Associated Press Apparently Hawaiian lawmakers also think seat size regulation is…
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Why Does Congress Keep Trying to Over-Regulate Airlines?
It seems like every week, as of late, there’s a new proposed bill coming out of Congress that tries to slap over-reaching…
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Airlines Fight to Be Able to Lose Money in Cuba
It’s been a long time coming, but the thawing relations between the US and Cuba have finally borne fruit for the airline…
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Norwegian Tries to Push the US to Stop Blocking Its Irish Subsidiary by Scheduling and Then Canceling Flights
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Ireland. Well, what’s actually rotten is right here in the United States related to…