March 2010

EgyptAir sees a network strategy and membership in Star Alliance as its keys to growth

The US Dept. of Transportation's recent tentative decisions involving the oneworld antitrust immunity application and the unrelated slot transfer agreement between US Airways and Delta Air Lines, if finalized, suggest that a significant gap exists between how DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration evaluate domestic and international airline competition matters.

2010 will be a pivotal year that will set widebody strategies and fortunes for decades to come. The stakes are sky high and the complexity of the aircraft being built is not for the faint hearted.

Enthusiastic leadership and a new ownership structure have transformed CAI. The new Terminal 3 is a showpiece of efficient use of space and technology.

Airlines are doing a much better job of keeping track of baggage but it is unclear how much of their success is owed to the fact that there are far fewer bags to track.

US major passenger airlines spent another year in the red, but losses in 2009 were much lower than in 2008 and 2010 is starting to look like it will be a year of recovery.

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