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Reauthorizing FAA: Can US lawmakers succeed in 2009 where they failed the past two years?

By Aaron Karp

When members of the US Congress return to Washington in September from their summer recess, one of the items on their agenda will be FAA reauthorization. The agency's latest temporary funding extension expires on Sept. 30, two full years after its authorization officially lapsed, and the pressure will be on for lawmakers finally to pass legislation that will provide FAA with longer-term funding and a concrete mission. But a number of factors once again could derail the effort.

Hiring and training pilots: New regulations considered in aftermath of Colgan Q400 crash

By Aaron Karp

The investigation into the February crash of a Colgan Air Q400 in Buffalo that killed 50 people has cast a harsh light on pilot screening and training, leading both the US Congress and FAA to consider revising regulations, particularly in regard to regional airlines that fly an increasing percentage of US mainline carriers' domestic routes. The Air Line Pilots Assn. last week released a white paper on the issue, arguing that "many pilots in the current pool of applicants lack the level of experience that generations of pilots ahead of them had when they came into the airlines."

The EU's Environmental Maze

By Cathy Buyck

Airlines are struggling to find their way through the regulations governing the Emissions Trading Scheme. First of a two-part series.

Southwest's RNP investment: Is $175 million pledge too far ahead of US government, industry?

By Aaron Karp

Southwest Airlines has committed boldly to investing $175 million to implement Required Navigation Performance fleetwide, an endeavor that includes retrofitting at least 115 737 Classics' cockpits, ensuring its more than 320 737-700s are equipped to be RNP-capable, training its pilots and working with US FAA to develop RNP procedures for the more than 65 airports into which it operates. But will the US government and other airlines similarly move forward, or will SWA within the next 2-3 years have aircraft and pilots capable of operating at a level of efficiency that FAA and much of the rest of the US industry is unable to reach for the foreseeable future?

The ETS Conundrum

By Cathy Buyck

Airlines still have many questions about the cost and compliance with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

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AA contends with FAA's proposed fines, unhappy unions

Monday March 15, 2010

American Airlines faces growing problems on two fronts as US FAA announced Friday it is seeking to collect civil penalties totaling $787,500 from the carrier for maintenance violations and its ground workers became the second labor group to ask the National Mediation Board for a release from talks that could lead to a work action. [more]

Monday March 15, 2010

Aer Lingus applied to the US Port Director at Shannon to commence using the Customs and Border Protection facility for flights to New York JFK from early May. EI said it might extend the service to other US cities following the initial trial phase. It currently flies to JFK and Boston from SNN. British Airways' all-premium A318 flight from London City to JFK uses SNN's US customs and immigration pre-clearance facility.

Korean regulators tag KE, Asiana for antitrust violations; KE faces ACCC cargo charge

Friday March 12, 2010

Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines will be subject to fines of KRW10.4 billion ($9.2 million) and KRW640 million respectively for engaging in anticompetitive practices to hurt smaller Korean carriers, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission announced yesterday. [more]

Oneworld trio aims to appease European regulators with London slot leases

Thursday March 11, 2010

Oneworld partners British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia offered to lease at least four daily slot pairs at London Heathrow or Gatwick to competing carriers for service to three US cities in order to address regulatory concerns about their proposed transatlantic joint venture. [more]

LaHood: White House has 'an interest' in funding NextGen aircraft equipage

Wednesday March 10, 2010

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, speaking yesterday at the FAA Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington, said President Barack Obama's administration will "soon" make a decision on whether to allocate federal funds to equip commercial aircraft with NextGen ATC technology such as ADS-B. [more]

Wednesday March 10, 2010

SITA is partnering with Spanish and Portuguese air navigation service providers AENA and NAV Portugal to deliver data link infrastructure for pre-operational testing in preparation for introduction of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications across the Iberian Peninsula by 2013. CPDLC will enable pilots and ATC to exchange certain routine messages via data link and will replace radio telephone communication.

Obama taps former US Army major general to head TSA

Tuesday March 9, 2010

US President Barack Obama yesterday announced that he will nominate retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration. [more]

DOT fines US Airways for fare disclosure violation

Tuesday March 9, 2010

US Airways was fined $40,000 by the US Dept. of Transportation "for violating rules that require airline price advertisements to disclose the full price consumers must pay for air transportation." DOT said its Aviation Enforcement Office found that US listed fares on its website "that did not include additional applicable taxes and fees, or any notice on that page that these additional charges would be required," on certain lists generated by customer searches for one-way flights. The agency reiterated that either the entire fare must be indicated on the first page listing price quotes or "the existence of additional government-imposed per-passenger charges must be prominently disclosed along with a hyperlink that takes consumers to a page that describes the additional charges."

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