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With a number of projects coming to a close as the academic term ends at the DePaul University College of Law, the International Aviation Law Institute has had precious little time for blogging. Rest assured, however, that regular postings will…
Conversations with Aviation Leaders
With the U.S. Congress and governments worldwide fixed in a reregulatory mindset with respect to civil aviation, readers of the blog may be interested in viewing online the first two installments of the International Aviation Law Institute’s Conversations with Aviation…
Needful Distinctions
At the conclusion of his recently published tract, A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of ’08 and the Descent into Depression (Harvard Univ. Press, 2009), Judge Richard Posner identifies the present depression as “the product of a financial crisis that…
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Readers of the blog may be interested to read Michael E. Levine’s recently published analysis of alleviating airport congestion through slot auctions, Airport Congestion: When Theory Meets Reality, 8 Yale J. on Reg. 37 (2009). In the article, Levine critiques…
European Commission Investigates Star, oneworld
The European Commission announced yesterday that it has opened formal proceedings against members of the Star and oneworld airline alliances. According to its public statement, “the Commission is assessing whether the members’ joint activities” related to “managing schedules, capacity, pricing,…
Levine Link and Recommendation
Several weeks ago, the blog mentioned a new article by Professor Michael E. Levine, Airport Congestion: When Theory Meets Reality, 26 Yale J. on Reg. 37 (2009). Those interested in reading the article can access it through SSRN here. Readers…
Oberstar on Virgin America
Rep. James Oberstar has finally weighed-in on the matter of Virgin America’s citizenship. In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Oberstar questioned the airline’s citizenship status and called for a public inquiry into the matter. As discussed previously…
Ambassador Bruton’s Remarks at the GMF
A copy of EU Ambassador John Bruton’s remarks at last Friday’s event sponsored by the International Aviation Law Institute and the German Marshall Fund are available online at the European Commission’s Delegation to the U.S. website here. In addition to…
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Though it’s now a week old, Mitchell Schnurman of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote an excellent commentary on the ongoing negotiations between American Airlines and its pilots union.
Safety Transparency in the EU
Aviation lawyers Guido de Vos and Frans Vreede (whose earlier guest post on the blog is available here) of the Dutch firm AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen have written a fresh commentary on opening the European Commission’s database on airline safety…
On Protectionism and Alliances
A recent inquiry to the blog took note of our recent postings on protectionism and the aviation industry and asked if international airline alliances are not also “very dangerous mechanisms for allowing market-dominating behavior, which is detrimental to the consumer,…
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