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Privatization of Air Traffic Control has come up on almost an annual basis for the last couple of decades, and the battle has been between the airlines, who favor the concept, and general aviation, who do not.  The rationale is that those who pay the most will receive...

Why do we fly?  The answer is quite simple - to get somewhere much faster than if we drove.  Speed is the name of the game in aviation.  But we’ve regressed since the 1970s, which had minimal security lines and even the Concorde in service internationally to get those...

There is a debate within the US about privatizing the ATC system. The debate has big implications for air travel. On the pro-privatization side, we have Airlines for America, the industry trade group.   They point out that the FAA, which currently manages the nation's...

[UPDATE - Boeing has communicated with us that the company has made no decision about 777x assembly and they continue to explore all their options] With Japan Air Lines breaking Boeing’s lock on the Japanese market with an order for the Airbus A350, the focus is now...