Alaska Airlines Evaluates Pulsed Landing Lights to Mitigate Bird Hazards
At a recent meeting of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, Linda Chism of Alaska Airlines described their evaluation of pulsed wingtip landing lights to mitigate bird hazards. Between Oct. 2008 and Oct. 2009, Alaska Airlines experienced 309 bird strikes. These strikes were reported by flight crews on walk-around, by mechanics or by pilots as in-flight [...]
Principato Responds to Taxing Airline Fees, PFCs
Last Monday, July 26 the National Journal raised the issue of whether or not airline fees should be taxed by the federal government, noting “Airlines made at least $3 billion in service fees last year for things like checking bags and in-flight meals.” On Thursday, ACI-NA President Greg Principato responded to this issue, saying that while [...]
Principato on Congestion Pricing, PFCs and Blogging
Earlier this week ACI-NA President Greg Principato was interviewed by Paul Plack of The Aero-News Network to get the airport industry’s reaction to the July 13 federal court decision which upheld a Transportation Department rule that gives airports the flexibility to use congestion pricing as one tool to reduce flight delays. Download the ANN Podcast. [...]
GAO Releases Long Anticipated Report on Airline Fees
By Annie Russo Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released their long anticipated report on airline fees. The report titled “Consumers Could Benefit from Better Information about Airline-Imposed Fees and Refundability of Government-Imposed Taxes and Fees,” covers a wide variety of topics including the nature of airline imposed fees, the impact on consumers, lost revenues [...]
United Comes to The Small Airports Conference
By Debby McElroy There are many views about the proposed merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines, both pro and con. And, I need to be clear that ACI-NA does not have a position on the merger, as we have members with strong views on both sides. However, I have to commend United for their [...]
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