Andrew Stuttaford writes for National Review Online about another example of central planning’s failure. Back in February 2023, Rachel Chiu wrote an article for Capital Matters in which she questioned…
Mary Lou Masters writes for the Daily Caller about an interesting development in the 2024 presidential race. GOP megadonors are privately courting popular Republican Govs. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia and…
With the keep word being “applies.” The U.S. and Cuba have a new aviation framework, which will soon allow scheduled air service between the two countries. There’s a key limit…
The Associated Press reports that the U.S. and Cuba are closing in on an agreement to restore regular airline serve between the two countries. Might this mean that we will…
Reporting for Carolina Journal, Don Carrington follows up on what happened to the deal with Spirit AeroSystems at the Global TransPark. When Gov. Mike Easley announced in May 2008 that…
Yesterday was the deadline for proposals for the 14 weekly additional U.S.-Brazil route authorities that become available on October 1. US Airways did not apply, thus there will be no…
Things are getting interesting in US Airways/Delta slot swap. You’ll recall that the DOT said “yes” — but only if the two airlines sold off 20 slots (of 125 being…
Let’s circle back around to the US Airways/Delta proposed slot swap. When we last left things, the U.S Department of Transportation gave a conditional yes, with the condition being that…
The latest on some things we’ve talked about previously: • US Airways announced yesterday the sale of 10 of its 25 99-seat Embraer E-190s to Republic Airways, which owns (among…
US Airways’ international expansion strategy to points south focuses on limited access markets, places where a bilateral treaty restricts air service to/from the U.S. Places like Brazil. And Colombia. The…
Related to the new incentive package at the Global TransPark (GTP.) From the N&O: The $11 million is one of the smaller parts of an incentives package that could top…
Been a while since we’ve heard anything meaningful from US Airways about adding destinations from CLT. Most strikingly, no new international flying from CLT has been added in some time…