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Kansas City weighs airport light rail

Evan Sparks wrote 1 week ago: …and finds that it’s not really a local priority. “We have other issues that are f … more »

Tags: Airports, transit, Travel, USA

When airlines can't escape the EAS straitjacket

Evan Sparks wrote 2 weeks ago: Matthew Swibel has a great story in the current issue of Forbes on another flaw of the very flawed E … more »

Tags: Dot'' ?, regulation, small communities

North by Southwest

Evan Sparks wrote 2 weeks ago: Posts like this remind me of why I love the Southwest Airlines blog: It’s official, WestJet wi … more »

Tags: budget airlines, Canada, Meta, Southwest

What's Dutch for "told you so"?3 comments

Evan Sparks wrote 3 weeks ago: The Dutch “green tax” on aviation, which I’ve blogged about here and here, is alre … more »

Tags: Airports, Environment, Europe, KLM, Tax, Travel

Who says airlines can't make a profit?4 comments

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: One of the most-voiced complaints about deregulation is that airlines have been consistently unprofi … more »

Tags: Business, History, regulation

Chortling all the way to the tank

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: The Government Accountability Office is expected to rule by Thursday on Boeing’s protest over … more »

Tags: Aerospace, Congress, Humor, military

Of course IATA wants to have it both ways

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: The International Air Transport Association, the worldwide trade association for airlines, issued th … more »

Tags: budget airlines, iata, network airlines, regulation

"No wonder there are shortages"

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: Congestion at major airports at peak travel times (and the consequent inability of passengers to who … more »

Tags: Air Traffic Control, Airports, Delays, FAA, regulation

The vapidity of hope3 comments

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: When stories like this come through my reader, I tend to ignore them — after all, opening mili … more »

Tags: Air Traffic Control, Humor, FAA, Delays, Dot'' ?

Would a Northwest Chapter 11 filing help its merger case?

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: J. P. Morgan has updated a report assessing the liquidity and balance-sheet health of U.S. airlines, … more »

Tags: Business, Merger Mania 2008, Northwest, Travel

"United — $25 seatbelt rental fee for passengers who didn't bring their own"

Evan Sparks wrote 1 month ago: See this and other revenue-generating strategies airlines might employ in this week’s edition … more »

Tags: Humor, Travel

Don't know much about geography. . .

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: In only the most marginally aviation-related news, the final round of the twentieth annual National … more »

Tags: Misc, Geography

Quote of the day

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: Maybe it’s sex appeal, but there’s something about an airline that drives investors craz … more »

Tags: Misc, Business, History

1978, 20081 comment

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: [Alfred] Kahn and the [Civil Aeronautics Board] were facing not just one but three airline mergers i … more »

Tags: History, Merger Mania 2008, regulation

Swiss route map is full of holes1 comment

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: One of my favorite blogs, Strange Maps, posted an entry I submitted — Swiss International Airl … more »

Tags: Humor, Misc

U.S. cuts aviation emissions by 13 percent?!3 comments

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: According to an article in USA Today, an EPA report indicates that the U.S. commercial aviation indu … more »

Tags: Environment, FAA, regulation

Podcast on the FAA reauthorization collapse

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: I recently recorded a podcast with Addison Schonland of IAG. Click here to listen! … more »

Tags: Congress, FAA, Misc

Quick update: FAA reauthorization still logjammed

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: At 2:30, the Senate voted down a cloture motion on the FAA reauthorization bill amendments offered b … more »

Tags: Congress, FAA

Flying on instruments

Evan Sparks wrote 2 months ago: The Senate amendments to the FAA reauthorization bill include Section 714, which updates the law on … more »

Tags: Misc, Humor, FAA, Travel, Congress


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