Liberty
DCA slot sale results
As a condition of approving the US Airways/American Airlines merger, the US Department of Justice required that the airlines divest themselves of 44 sets of takeoff and landing slots at…
American Airlines Group
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AA/US merger route shifts, round 1
Big announcement from American Airlines (AA) and US Airways (US) over how they’d be handling their mandated slot sell off at New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) and Washington’ Reagan National (DCA)…
Liberty
Boeing, Jerry Orr, and the future
Two weeks week, Boeing machinists approved by a deal that to build the company’s next-generation 777X jetliner in Everett, WA, where current-generation 777s are built. In other words, the mad…
Liberty
Breaking: US Airways/American Airlines merger approved
And there’s no way to spin this as anything other than a major retreat by the Obama Justice Department. Three months ago, the DOJ sued, claiming the deal was systematically…
Liberty
Put a fork in the US Airways/American Airlines merger
Yeah, it’s pretty unlikely that it’s happening. You see, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit today to block the two airlines from merging, it didn’t just claim that…
Liberty
US Airways/American Airlines merger anti-trust update
Seems that the U.S. Department of Justice is getting serious about the possible anti-trust implications at Washington’s Reagan National Airport of the proposed merger between the two airlines. Reuters is…
Liberty
American Airlines/US Airways antitrust update
As predicted, a key to getting federal approval of the proposed American Airlines/US Airways merger are antitrust issues at Washington Reagan National Airport. Reuters reports on some of the resulting…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Headlines continue to highlight the recent scandal involving IRS efforts to target conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny. Dallas Woodhouse of Americans for Prosperity’s North Carolina chapter discusses the political…
Liberty
US Airways route award update
A quick update on the route award actions before the U.S. Department of Transportation that effect US Airways and Charlotte: • DCA route award. A set of slots at Washington…
Transportation
The North Carolina impact of the American Airlines/US Airways merger
With a US Airways hub in Charlotte, North Carolina air travelers are watching with special interest as that airline merges with American Airlines. Michael Lowrey, who blogs frequently on aviation…