Air Transport News.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 17, 2006 Japan, China Agree To Boost Aviation Links. China and Japan agreed on Thursday to boost the number of flights between the countries in the latest move to improve ties between them. Jul 13, 2006 Foreign firms expected to lead bidding for Midway. Foreign bidders are expected to dominate the sale of Chicago's Midway airport next year. "We are seeing interest from more than the usual four or five [companies] -- the British, Australian, Singaporean, Germans and the Spanish," Chicago Chief Financial Officer Dana Levenson says. "But there are others starting to come out of the woodwork woodwork: see carpentry; furniture; intarsia; marquetry; veneer; wood carving. ." Chicago hopes the long-term lease of the airport will help close a wide budget gap. Jul 12, 2006 DOT may end IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. antitrust immunity; IATA disappointed. A Transportation Department proposal would eliminate the airlines' ability to collaborate on setting prices for international fares. IATA calls the DOT action "disappointing." DOT officials say such price setting, which has existed for five decades, fosters anti-competitive, anti-consumer business practices. The change, however, is not expected to affect domestic U.S. fares. Jul 11, 2006 Norman Mineta, the former US transportation secretary who ended a 5.5-year tenure last week, will join communications consultancy Hill & Knowlton as vice chairman effective July 24. He will be based in Washington. Jul 11, 2006 EU Not Investigating Ryanair Pricing. The European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community is studying the need for new rules to govern airline ticket pricing but is not investigating Ryanair or other carriers for false advertising, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Monday. Jul 10, 2006 Groups disagree on how to fund air traffic control system. Disagreements over how to fund the U.S. air traffic control system are growing among large airlines, regional airlines and general aviation interests. The Air Transport Association supports a user fee system that does not take aircraft weight into account. Jul 10, 2006 Lobbyist emerges as top U.S. transportation secretary candidate. Trucking industry lobbyist Bill Graves William "Bill" Preston Graves (born January 9, 1953), was forty-third Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003. Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm. , a former Kansas governor, is a strong candidate in the race to replace Norman Mineta as U.S. transportation secretary, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. government and industry sources. Mineta said in an interview with Traffic World magazine that he favored his deputy Maria Cino Maria Cino (born 1957) is an American politician. Since March 2007 she has been Chief Executive Officer of the Committee of Arrangements (COA), which is organizing the 2008 Republican National Convention. as his successor. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control administrator Marion Blakey Marion Clifton Blakey (born March 26, 1948) was the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. is also a contender. Jul 10, 2006 Mineta calls rejecting foreign investment 'pure folly' in farewell address. Outgoing US Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said the US government must push forward with its proposal to allow increased involvement in US airlines by foreign investors even though Congress has shown little appetite for change. Jul 10, 2006 |
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