Liberty
Brazil turning the reins over to grownups
What could be better for Brazil than the publicity tied to the recently concluded Olympic games? Getting the nation’s fiscal house in order, as described by Peter Millard in the…
Rio de Janeiro
municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Liberty
Focusing on more than just the Olympic games in Rio
The world spotlight focuses on Brazil now because of the Summer Olympics. Roger Noriega of the American Enterprise Institute hopes observers also will take note of the cautionary tale linked…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Taxing Olympic medals
There’s not much of a downside to winning an Olympic medal. Rudy Takala reports for the Washington Examiner on efforts to remove a financial disincentive for those chasing Olympic gold.…
Transportation
Brazil’s economy is really in the tank
I was listening to American Airline’s conference call on Friday, and was struck by a statistic about how poorly the Brazilian economy was doing: Two years ago, when the American…
Transportation
Charlotte Aviation baseline 2015: US Airways and American Airlines
And this would be a summary of US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport for Thursday, August 13, 2015: US Airways flights by aircraft type: Widebody:…
Liberty
Barron’s columnist ponders the latest Olympics siting choice
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s explores the recent decision to award Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics. No cold, no snow? No problem! That in essence was what Chinese officials must have…
Liberty
The skies above Charlotte are always sunny, item #5,978,134
The UPoR had a piece over the weekend on how Charlotte Douglas International Airport ranked last year. Problems in the story? Absolutely. Consider this passage, the last paragraph of the…
Liberty
US Airways/American Airlines CLT summer flight preview
US Airways and American Airlines summer schedules are now more-or-less set, so it’s time for a comparison of this summer’s flight levels as compared to last summer’s service levels: The…
Liberty
2014 Charlotte aviation baseline
Bookmark this as a reference to what air service levels were like early in the American Airlines/US Airways merger integration. US Airways and American Airlines fights from Charlotte for Thursday,…
Liberty
Charlotte’s aviation delusions
The Charlotte Observer had an article out over the weekend titled “Domestic growth is strong, but what does the international future hold for Charlotte Douglas?” The answer is a lot…
Liberty
US Airway’s CLT-Rio flight makes a brief comeback
From December 2 to January 10 to be exact. So a little less than six weeks for very busy Christmas season after being suspended come September. And presumably January is…
Liberty
US Airways/American Airlines merger update #2
Schedule changes of note: • US Airways’ Charlotte – Rio de Janeiro won’t end early last year as previously reported. Nope, it won’t even make it to October. The last…