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June 30, 2008
FAA Fights Fatigue
After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited fatigue in regional airline accidents, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says fatigue can affect aviation operations and now is the time to do something about it, according to RAN’s...
June 30, 2008
Commentary: User Fee Debate Complicated by Uninformed Study
Numerous press reports are buying the convoluted and wrong-headed logic of a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Essential Action which blames extra fees for checked bags, long security lines and crowded commercial flights on business jets used...
June 23, 2008
RAA Supports Legislation Blocking Congestion Pricing
In response to the introduction of legislation by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) – Access to Air Travel Act – which would block DOT’s controversial congestion pricing proposals for New York area airports, Regional Airline Association...
June 23, 2008
DL Outlines RJ Future, CO Open to Re-regulation
Every CEO addressing the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference predicted more capacity cuts beyond those already announced. Delta said that it would probably impose more cuts on its Delta Connection carriers beyond the 70 aircraft already announced...
June 23, 2008
FAA Lifts Chicago Caps
Keeping with the scheduled expiration of the caps at O’Hare this fall, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is eliminating flight caps at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The move came in the wake of an airline request from United...
June 16, 2008
RAA Blasts DOT’s ‘Modest Proposal
DOT’s continued pursuit of airport congestion pricing schemes is “unconscionable, inconceivable and mind boggling” at a time when skyrocketing fuel costs have cut airline schedules by up to 20 percent and reports have some 100 U.S...
June 16, 2008
Pax Rate Airports
Philadelphia International, Chicago Midway International and Dallas Love Field rank tops in overall passenger satisfaction in a newly released J.D. Power and Associates 2008 North America Airport Satisfaction Study(SM), which said larger airports, with delays...
June 9, 2008
FAA Adopts New Taxi Instructions
Under new FAA procedures that take effect this week, air traffic controllers must provide specific taxi routes to pilots, instead of simply clearing operators to proceed to the runway through a series of taxi instructions. Controllers must tell pilots and...
June 9, 2008
ICAO Launches Carbon Offset Standard
The International Civil Aviation Organization launched a new carbon offset standard on Thursday governing how much passengers should pay to offset their emissions footprint. The standard immediately came under fire in Europe when an official at...
June 9, 2008
FAA Watch – New Eastern Fuel Saving Routes, New Hunstville Tower
FAA Improvements Help Airlines Save Fuel Costs and Reduce Emissions New procedures changes took effect last Thursday with new East Coast routes over the ocean which, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), promises to reduce aircraft carbon emissions...
June 9, 2008
ASA Improves Performance
Long the whipping boy of the regional airline industry’s performance problems, Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has reached a tipping point in improving its performance to the point where it now ranks at the top tier of the industry in terms of...
June 2, 2008
Analysis: Travelers Avoid Trips, Blame the Hassle Factor, Government
Given all the coverage of how passengers are dissatisfied with airline service and the growing crescendo of announcements about additional fees they will be charged by airlines, it is a shock that a Travel Industry Association survey indicated travelers are...
June 2, 2008
Eco Watch
Aircraft Replacement Seen as Near Term Solution to Emissions Airlines need only replace their aging aircraft with more modern equipment in order to achieve a 20 percent reduction in emissions, according to Embraer’s Director, Strategies and Technologies...
June 2, 2008
Quick Takes -- ACE/Jazz, Find a Pilot, R/W Lights at BOS
ACE Sells Jazz Balance ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. (ACE) sold in the market a total of 11,726,920 units of Jazz Air Income Fund for total net proceeds to ACE of approximately $85.0 million. It also sold a total of 19,892,088 units of Aeroplan Income Fund for...
May 26, 2008
DOT Announces Flight Delay Measures, Names VP-Modernization
The Department of Transportation is re-opening the Holiday Express lanes created last Thanksgiving and Christmas, as part of its efforts to address delays this summer. It cut a new agreement with the Department of Defense to make four routes available off the...
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