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| 08.18.2008 |
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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...
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| 08.18.2008 |
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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...
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| 08.11.2008 |
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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...
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| 08.11.2008 |
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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...
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| 08.04.2008 |
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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...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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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...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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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...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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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...
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| 07.14.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.30.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.23.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.23.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.23.2008 |
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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...
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| 06.16.2008 |
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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...
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