Air Transport News.Nov 27, 2006 European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community said on Friday it had agreed with Russia a resolution to a long-standing dispute over charges imposed on foreign airlines flying over Siberia. The charges, which 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 says cost EU airlines more than USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $300 million a year, were the main outstanding issue for the EU following its agreement with Russia on the country's entry to the World Trade Organization. Russia has agreed to phase out the overflight o·ver·flight n. An aircraft flight over a particular area, especially over foreign territory. Noun 1. overflight - a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) charges leading to elimination by the end of 2013, the EU said in a statement. Russia had previously said it saw no need for a gradual reduction of the fees. Nov 24, 2006 The Transportation Department in response acknowledged room for improvement and said it will use a new electronic system to monitor its enforcement cases. It also said it was "developing rules to ensure consumers are properly compensated if they are unfairly denied boarding." Nov 23, 2006 The Transportation Department is doing a better job of overseeing consumer protection issues, including civil rights complaints. But the agency almost always forgives fines or other penalties if the airline agrees to correct the problem, and there is little or no follow-up, the agency's inspector general, Calvin Scovel III, said in his report. Nov 23, 2006 The Transportation Department report also found that airline information on frequent-flier benefits is of marginal value Marginal value is a term widely used in economics, to refer to the change in economic value associated with a unit change in output, consumption or some other economic choice variable. . Redemption information can be hard to find and is not broadly comparable. "As a result, it is difficult if not impossible for consumers to compare frequent-flier programs in a meaningful way," Scovel said. Nov 23, 2006 The Transportation Department update on consumer protection and the industry's 2001 pledge -- at the insistence of Congress -- to improve customer service comes as an estimated 22 million people board flights this week and next for the US Thanksgiving holiday. Nov 23, 2006 Transportation Department also said access to airline on-time performance data for all flights remains difficult to get via the Internet. Only five of 16 carriers that were reviewed made that information available on their web sites, prompting Scovel to recommend a tougher government response. Nov 23, 2006 Transportation Department noted complaints going up again as overall traffic rebounds after hitting a low in 2003. After delays, the biggest complaint involves mishandled baggage, the rate of which shot up in August and September when homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States officials imposed new restrictions on carry-on luggage. Nov 23, 2006 Transportation Department's findings showed a sharp drop since the 2001 hijack attacks in the number of airlines that adequately maintain quality assurance programs for customer service. Most complaints involve flight delays or cancellations, the report said. There were 2.2 million flights that were delayed or canceled in 2005, the latest figures show. Nov 23, 2006 ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, , Stacie Soumbeniotis, minority staff director of the House aviation subcommittee, said, "We want the FAA to tell us what they need--more about their modernization program." She added that Congress will be responsible for funding as well as oversight of the program. "It's not a partisan issue." Nov 22, 2006 Congressional staffers promise comity Courtesy; respect; a disposition to perform some official act out of goodwill and tradition rather than obligation or law. The acceptance or Adoption of decisions or laws by a court of another jurisdiction, either foreign or domestic, based on public policy rather than legal on aviation committees. The recent shift in political power in the US Congress is unlikely to create a wave of change in the Senate and House committees that handle aviation issues, 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. staff members who spoke yesterday at a Washington luncheon sponsored by the International Aviation Club. Nov 22, 2006 While the House committees assignments will change over the next two months, the perennial issues such as funding, security and air traffic control modernization will be the same for the new leaders of bodies such as the Senate Commerce Committee and House Transportation Committee. Democratic Party representatives and senators will assume leadership roles in January. Nov 22, 2006 UK Civil Aviation Authority Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt regulation will be discontinued in two stages. Long-haul routes other than UK-US will be deregulated on Dec. 1, while UK-US routes will be deferred "until other pricing restrictions in the UK-US market are removed." Those restrictions, applied by CAA Caa See CCC. on behalf of the UK Dept. for Transport, limit airlines' ability to offer fares to the US via an intermediate point that are lower than those available on direct UK-US services, thus protecting carriers denied access to the US. "The availability of such lower-price indirect alternatives is a key element in the CAA's reasoning for removing regulation, and so the CAA believes the current UK-US scenario justified deferral deferral - Waiting for quiet on the Ethernet. for now," it said. Nov 21, 2006 UK Civil Aviation Authority said that approximately 40 routes were subject to possible regulation this year, about half of them UK-US. Regulation was confined to fully flexible economy fares "where airlines generally have the least incentive to compete on price." Those fares now will be deregulated on flights to Russia, Egypt, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Japan, Thailand, Mexico and Brazil. Nov 21, 2006 UK Civil Aviation Authority said that in recent years it has focused on "a very small subset of fares on a shrinking number of mainly long-haul routes...paid by what the CAA perceived to be 'captive' passengers," such as those working for a small business or traveling due to an emergency. Nov 21, 2006 UK officially deregulates long-haul fares. The UK Civil Aviation Authority, in a move that likely will have more of a symbolic effect than a practical one, yesterday announced it will stop regulating long-haul fares after 30 years "because of greater competition in the airline market." Nov 21, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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