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  Who Knew? DOT Tracks Presidential Candidates' Airline Bills

  Posted by Jim Asker 3:26 PM on Mar 21, 2012

  Candidates for president in the U.S. can rack up huge campaign debts, sometimes taking years after the election to pay them off. Airlines are often left holding the bag.That has be... Read More >>

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  FAA, DOT Stepping Up Pressure On Congress

  Posted by Frank Jackman 1:59 PM on Jul 25, 2011

  Congress last week failed to pass FAA reauthorization legislation and FAA and DOT are not happy. The first thing this morning here in Washington, FAA sent out a press release ... Read More >>

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  What went wrong for Virgin Blue-Delta?

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 12:32 PM on Sep 10, 2010

  This week has certainly not been a good one for Virgin Blue on the regulatory front. On Sept. 9 the U.S. DOT issued a preliminary ruling rejecting a joint venture with Delta Air Li... Read More >>

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  AA/BA: Focus Now On European Ruling

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 5:40 AM on Feb 15, 2010

  After the U.S. Transportation Dept. made its long-awaited initial ruling on the Oneworld antitrust immunity application, attention now shifts to a pending decision by the European ... Read More >>

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  AA/BA - the reaction

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 12:14 AM on Feb 14, 2010

  Virgin head Richard Branson is pretty steamed at the DOT’s decision to allow the Oneworld transatlantic joint venture to go ahead with relatively few limits.  Branson cr... Read More >>

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  DOT Approves AA/BA, Sets Slot Divestiture

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 5:49 PM on Feb 13, 2010

  The U.S. Transportation Dept. today issued its initial approval of the Oneworld joint venture and codeshare application, and regulators are only demanding four Heathrow slot pairs ... Read More >>

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  AA/BA ruling expected today (Updated)

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 5:06 PM on Feb 12, 2010

  The drums are beating loudly that the U.S. Transportation Dept. intends to issue its initial decision today on the Oneworld antitrust immunity application.  Industry sources s... Read More >>

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  No AA/BA decision expected this week

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 4:34 PM on Nov 23, 2009

  A good source of mine has heard that the BA/AA antitrust ruling won’t be coming this week… and in fact, he says it is not likely until well into December or even Janua... Read More >>

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  FAA Appoints New Spokesperson

  Posted by Adrian Schofield 11:45 PM on Nov 13, 2009

  The FAA has named Sasha Johnson as its new head of communications, filling another of the FAA’s political appointee spots that have been vacant since the Obama administration... Read More >>

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  This Week In Labor Law

  Posted by Christopher Fotos 5:10 PM on Nov 11, 2009

  I used to cover labor issues both for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and somewhat more recently for Aviation Daily, so I've been following recent developments in the... Read More >>

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