Even more taxes?
Yes its true. The Obama Administration’s proposed tripling of the passenger security tax is on the table. Will Congress go along? After all there is a real need to cut the deficit. As one can imagine this new tax is…
Category Airports
Heathwick?
Willie Walsh, former CEO at BA and now IAG’s CEO, warns that the proposal to link Heathrow and Gatwick via a high speed rail could be inefficient and costly. He expressed concerns about how the high speed rail link would…
9/11 Podcast – Looking back in an analytical way
Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia took an unusual way of looking back at 9 Richard describes how the impact of 9/11 has played out. His view is that the sad day did not create the long term impact one might have…
Plane Red – A Disruptive Idea
Watch Plane Red CEO Wade Eyerly describe a plan he is working on. If you live in the north east USA, this idea will have you smiling in no time. Traveling between the region’s major metro areas is inconvenient at…
Delta’s airport taxi time – an anomaly or a problem?
In an earlier post, we showed that at JFK Delta takes a lot more time taxiing than other airlines. The reaction led us to dig deeper into the data. Here’s what we find. Looking at 1H11 data from DoT, Delta…
Airports and Biofuels
We spoke with ACI-NA’s Katherine Preston, Director, Environmental Affairs about how airports view the biofuels issue and what their role in the development of these fuels could be. Clearly airports are not bystanders watching the airlines. They see themselves as…