by Charlie Leocha | Nov 29, 2011
The battle between the airlines and consumer groups, such as the Consumer Travel Alliance, about whether or not passengers will be told the full price of transportation including baggage fees and other obscure ancillary fees is still raging on Capitol Hill. Sen....
by Charlie Leocha | Oct 26, 2011
One of the most confusing areas of flying these days concerns the charges and rules for checked bags. The Department of Transportation (DOT) in its latest rulemaking moved to clarify the rules by mandating that the same baggage allowances and fees apply to a passenger...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 15, 2011
The Consumer Travel Alliance has filed comments with the Department of Transportation and the FAA regarding the question about the request from Delta and USAirways to swap take-off and landing slots between them to enhance their relative positions at New York...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 9, 2011
Washington, DC, is a strange place, especially when politics get into play. I’m not sure why, but the FAA reauthorization bill has been held in political limbo since 2007 when it last expired. Even though every party involved seems to want to get this bill...
by Charlie Leocha | Aug 9, 2011
The airlines, after enjoying two-weeks of collecting what should have been tax revenues, have dropped airfares as the FAA began taxing flights again. To passengers, who may not have been paying attention, it looks like airfares stayed level over the past month....
by Charlie Leocha | Jul 29, 2011
Sen. Rockerfeller (D-WV) and Sen. Cantwell (D-WA) have sent a letter to the leaders of America’s airlines asking them pointedly, how much money are they making from their absorbtion of monies that were formerly going to FAA taxes. There is no doubt about it that...
