John Heimlich is Senior Economist at the US-based Air Transport Association and explains that US airlines are primarily concerned with the scale of biofuel supply. The biggest concern with biofuel supply is its ability to provide billions of gallons of…
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…
India’s failing national carrier, Air India, has been dealt another blow as the Star Alliance has shelved acceptance in the alliance, citing that the carrier fails to meet Star Alliance standards. Typically, standards for alliance membership cover computer systems…
Everyone in commercial aviation (and increasingly non-commercial as well) is wondering how they can implement biofuels to be cleaner and cut fuel costs. Well it’s not that simple. It turns out there are trade offs no matter what you look…
Delta Air Lines just sent out the following PR: “Funding for the FAA expired on July 23. At that time, Delta stopped collecting several taxes imposed on ticket sales, including a 7.5 percent tax on the base ticket price, a…
BEA investigators blame human error for the Air France crash in June 2009. They said the junior pilots were not properly trained to deal with an emergency while their Captain was on a rest break. Their summary findings can be…