Over one million shipments of hazardous materials reportedly travel in U.S. commerce every single day. A common misunderstanding is the nature of hazardous materials—they are more commonplace than you think!...more
After receiving thousands of comments and holding a rare public hearing, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a joint Final Rule (Rule) requiring the issuance of refunds for ancillary fees and tickets by domestic...more
Global air travel traffic (measured in revenue per kilometers (RPKs)) begins 2024 in line with pre-COVID highs. Certain markets, such as US domestic and intra-European have already surpassed pre-COVID levels and despite some...more
On April 24, 2023, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-47, the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 (the Bill), which includes proposed amendments to provisions of the Canada Transportation Act (the CTA) relating to...more
Key Points - - Insurance companies are bracing themselves for years of legal disputes over liability for total losses claimed by lessors to aircraft stranded in Russia as a result of sanctions over Russia's invasion of...more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Dec. 7, 2022, published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), "Update to Air Carrier Definitions," that would incorporate "powered-lift" operations into...more
Key Points - - The rights of an aircraft lessor or lender financing the conversion of a passenger aircraft to a freighter aircraft will be specified in agreements between the borrower, financer and conversion facility. ...more
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) issued notice of proposed regulation amendments to Title 17 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with rural airport rental and fees....more
Key Points - - Replacing the owner trustee of a US-registered aircraft that is on lease requires submitting a new application to register that aircraft. - Submitting the application to reregister the aircraft restricts...more
For airlines and airports regulated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), aviation security nomenclature is rife with acronyms: airline passengers pass through ASLs (automated screening lanes) every day,...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Single European Sky: The Wise Person Group Publishes a Statement on the Future of the Single European Sky On 14 April 2021, the Wise Persons Group (WPG), a high-level aviation experts group...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Aviation Policy: European Commission Proposes to set up new European Partnerships and to Invest Nearly €10 Billion for the Green and Digital Transition - On 23 February 2021, the European...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Aviation Policy: European Commission Presents its “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy” - The European Commission (Commission) presented its “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy,”...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly pronounced effect on the aviation sector. Passenger carriers have grounded their aircraft and slashed their schedules, cargo carriers scrambled to maintain healthcare and other...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a vast and severe impact on the U.S. economy, and the U.S. air transportation industry has been brought almost to a standstill. While the executive branch moved quickly to address immediate...more
Buy-side decisions for transportation and logistics services are increasingly driven by both internal subject matter experts and their corporate procurement teams. The traditional procurement perspective yields certain...more
U.S. transportation officials have taken two separate actions which will affect transportation between the United States and Latin America. These developments are summarized below...more
This week’s Update features two interesting stories on distribution in the airline and cruise industries, which caused us to question what, if any, lessons can be drawn for those in the lodging industry. Enjoy....more
President Trump has made the reduction of federal regulation in the marketplace a centerpiece of his campaign and administration. While numerous efforts to review existing aviation regulations are underway, the newly-signed...more
On 13 December 2018 the Brazilian federal government issued Medida Provisória No. 863/2018 (MP 863/18), a new rule amending Law No. 7,565/86 of 19 December 1986, the Brazilian Aeronautical Code, that removes longstanding...more
On Nov. 21, 2018, multidistrict litigation (MDL) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson dismissed all pending wrongful death cases arising from the disappearance of Flight MH370 on forum non conveniens (FNC) grounds. The court concluded...more
On Sept. 17, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) completed its rulemaking on air charter brokers, after it had been pending for five years. The Final Rule, which becomes effective on Feb. 14, 2019, creates a new...more
The administrators of the airline Monarch Airlines Limited (Monarch) have won an appeal in the Court of Appeal regarding the rights of Monarch in and to certain “slots” at Luton and Gatwick airports, after Monarch went into...more
The latest on the economic woes on Venezuela, including the status of the country’s bonds and the foreign investors that they’ve attracted (and who are now selling)....more
Last June, Judge Barbara Lynn of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of hunting and conservation organizations. Conservation Force v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.,...more