An airport at the Thames Estuary has moved a step closer with confirmation the UK government would hold a consultation into the proposals. Having ruled out expansion at the existing airports in the south of England, the government is seeking…
Our earlier post on this matter elicited a good suggestion. So we went back and took a look at the data by block hour for 2009, 2010 and 2011 through August. The charts are shown below. We selected JFK because…
We have been developing our On-Time database and wanted to share an insight with our readers. Our source data is the US DoT On-Time data. The charts below are for the three big airlines at JFK in New York. We…
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…
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…
IATA released an interesting PR this morning. Aviation security is a big issue that has, in a post 9/11 world, added high structural costs to commercial aviation that are very hard to recover. These costs are clearly a burden on…