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August 25, 2008
Labor Day Pax to Drop 5.7 Percent
The Air Transport Association of America forecasts that 16 million passengers will travel globally on U.S. airlines during the 2008 Labor Day holiday period, spanning Wed., Aug. 27 through Wed., Sept. 3. This is a decline of 5.7 percent from the 17 million...
August 18, 2008
RAA Supports ATA Suit
In strongly worded statement supporting the Air Transport Association’s lawsuit aimed at blocking the Administration’s plan to auction off the nation’s airspace, Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen said major cities will be...
August 18, 2008
Airlines Under Attack on All Fronts
Listening to the recent Energy/Air Service Summit organized by the American Association of Airport Executives, one would think that fuel was the airline industry’s only problem. While it may be the focus of much attention, Cyriel Kronenburg, assistant...
August 11, 2008
Capacity Cut Impact on NY Airports
Capacity changes at the New York airports confirm the international focus of manline carriers with regional operations increasing by double digits at JFK and Newark, while regional operations at LaGuardia take an 8.6 percent hit. The differences reflect the...
August 11, 2008
Slot Auction Prompts Law Suit
After imposing operating caps which failed to stem delays at the three New York airports, the Department of Transportation is trying a new experiment, scheduling its first slot auction for September 3 for a single roundtrip from Newark. Still total departure...
August 4, 2008
Commentary: Re-regulation? You’re Kidding, Right?
Those calling for re-regulation must be crazy, which is a loose translation of the message delivered last week by New York University Law School Distinguished Research Scholar and Senior Lecturer Michael Levine, who brought the issue into sharp relief when he...
July 28, 2008
Raytheon to Lead New Aircraft Study
Raytheon Company will lead a team of air transportation experts from industry and academia to study the impact of new classes of aircraft on the next generation air transportation system, or NextGen, including very light jets, super heavy transports...
July 21, 2008
Airline Cost Index Rises 228 Percent
America seems to have returned to the depression of the early ‘80s, as more and more economic reports indicate things have not been this bad since President Reagan took office promising that it us “morning in America.” The airline industry...
July 21, 2008
Sound Bites
The baggage $25fee for a second checked bag resulted in a 60 percent reduction in second- checkedon bags, said Continental. CEO Larry Kellner, and a 35 percent reduction in the Latin market. Continental has yet to implement the first-checked-bag fee. Kellner...
July 14, 2008
Regionals Have Better On-Time Performance
In a flip from the usual statistics issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, regional carriers outperformed the major airlines for on-time performance, according to FlightStats, an on-line provider of global flight status information, which released...
June 30, 2008
Ice Research Predicts Hazardous Cloud Formations
Researchers at New Jersey’s Rowan University are testing ways to detect icing conditions pilots should avoid. The Rowan team has been focusing on ice clouds and crystals, developing an ice cloud chamber and measuring its change in polarization...
June 30, 2008
AE Takes Brunt of AA Cuts
American is drastically cutting American Eagle flights at La Guardia in a bid to restore operational reliability, according to the airline, which is cutting only five departures at the airport to American Eagle's 37. The airline cited the fact that both AA...
June 30, 2008
New Taxiway at LAX
Los Angeles airline, airport and city officials celebrated the opening of a new center taxiway between the southern two runways at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The taxiway project, which began April 2007, was completed on budget and four days...
June 30, 2008
Eco Watch – Leiberman-Warner Withdrawn
Despite the fact that the Leiberman-Warner bill proposing a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme has been withdrawn from consideration in the U.S. Senate, it will likely be the boilerplate of future legislation, according to Air Transport Association...
June 30, 2008
EAS Gets $130M
On Tuesday, June 24, the House passed HR 6327, extending the FAA authorization through September 30, according to Regional Aviation Partners (RAP). The organization reported that a debate erupted Tuesday afternoon on HR 6327 over an $8 billion appropriations...
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