by Charlie Leocha | Jan 10, 2012
The European Union’s (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is now up and running. Bureaucrats in Europe figured if they charged airlines for burning fossil fuels when traveling to Europe, the airlines would have an incentive to save fuel and, hence, improve the...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 8, 2012
This weekend, we look at how iPad helped a Canadian cross the US border, US airlines passing new European environmental fees along to passengers and the shift in airline outsourcing to offshore maintenance facilities. iPad helps Canadian man enter USA sans passport A...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 6, 2012
Consumers can claim a victory in the back and forth with the airlines when it comes to disclosure of baggage charges. Today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) denied the a request by the airlines to delay their rule requiring airlines to disclose...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 6, 2012
Consumers can claim a victory in the back and forth with the airlines when it comes to disclosure of baggage charges. Today, the Department of Transportation (DOT) denied the a request by the airlines to delay their rule requiring airlines to disclose...
by Charlie Leocha | Jan 5, 2012
President Obama, last Tuesday, signed a bill that will change the way the military are screened at airports by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The bill, H.R. 1801, is titled the “Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces...