http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/ A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network en-US 2009-11-09T21:50:25-05:00 AviationLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/publicprivate-risksharing-in-air-service-provision.html A new working paper out which may be of interest to blog readers is David Timothy Duval & Niven Winchester's Public/Private Risk-Sharing in Air Service Provision (Working Paper, Nov. 2, 2009) (available from SSRN here). From the abstract: The paper... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-09T21:50:25-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/regulators-to-approve-usaustralia-alliance.html Back in July, the blog briefly discussed the alliance approval and antitrust immunity application filed before the Department of Transportation by the U.S.'s Delta Airlines and Australia's Virgin Blue, V Australia, and Pacific Blue (which also has operations in New... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-09T21:45:52-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/the-usec-divide-on-oneworld.html Last week's edition of the Economist provided a good overview of the potential divergence between the U.S. and European Community with respect to the oneworld Alliance. See All Together Now, Economist, Oct. 29, 2009 (available here). Aviation LawProf 2009-11-06T14:48:24-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/economic-impact-of-continental-airlines.html There's a new report out about the economic impact of Continental Airlines in New York and New Jersey. While not directly law related, it may be of help to those of you doing research in this field. See NERA Economic... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-06T14:39:05-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/renewed-continetalunited-merger-rumors.html There's been a new round of reporting on the possibility of a Continental/United Airlines merger. See, e.g, Michael Doermer & Tom Lavall, Continental May Reconsider Combining with United, Bloomberg, Nov. 3, 2009 (available here); Alison Grant, Talk of Continental/United Merger... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-06T08:54:46-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/delta-and-american-continue-to-court-jal.html The Wall Street Journal is reporting that both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are intensifying their efforts to forge a deepened alliance relationship with Japan's JAL. See Mariko Sanchanta, American, Delta Step Up JAL Lobbying, Wall St. J., Nov.... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-05T13:24:37-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/new-rule-favors-airline-labor.html Further evidence that labor holds significant sway over U.S. air transportation policy surfaced yesterday as the National Mediation Board announced that it is contemplating revising its longstanding rule under the Railway Labor Act which counts abstentions from airline and railway... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-03T17:51:54-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/labor-softening-up-to-alliances.html The Associated Press ran a story a few days ago indicating that the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the union representing American Airlines' flight attendants, is supporting the airline's bid to receive antitrust immunity for the oneworld Alliance. See Union... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-03T14:05:34-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/11/are-the-bunkrupt-skies-the-friendliest.html Though it's not available yet, a working paper by University of Virginia economists Federico Ciliberto and Carola Schenone may interest blog readers. See Are the Bankrupt Skies the Friendliest? (Working Paper, Oct. 12, 2009) (available from SSRN here). From the... Aviation LawProf 2009-11-02T22:31:11-05:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/no-japanus-open-skies.html U.S. and Japanese negotiators concluded their latest round of air transport talks without finalizing an open skies agreement. See Mariko Sanchanta, Hurdles Remain for U.S.-Japan Open Skies Deal, Wall St. J., Oct. 30, 2009 (available here). According to lead U.S.... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-30T11:12:43-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/ana-looking-to-expand.html The Wall Street Journal has a new story up on All Nippon Airways's (ANA) aggressive plan to acquire more slots at Tokyo's two major international airports even as fellow Japanese carrier JAL struggles to survive. See Mariko Sanchanta, ANA to... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-29T17:45:35-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/open-skies-closed-markets.html Cornelia Woll of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, has an interesting working paper available. See Open Skies, Closed Markets: The Importance of Time in the Negotiation of International Air Transport(APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper, Aug. 20,... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-29T17:33:37-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/delay-for-oneworld-decision.html The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Department of Transportation will likely miss its Oct. 31 deadline to render a decision on whether or not to grant approval and antitrust immunity to the oneworld Alliance. See Daniel Michaels &... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-27T23:01:27-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/stars-neutrality.html In an interesting about-face, members of the Star Alliance are professing "neutrality" on the matter of whether or not the rival oneworld Alliance, which includes American Airlines and British Airways, receives approval and antitrust immunity from the Department of Transportation.... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-27T17:18:00-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/agenda-for-freedom.html The International Air Transport Association has a website dedicated to its "Agenda for Freedom." From the website: The rules that govern the international aviation business are out of date. They place heavy restrictions on airline ownership and market access. This... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-27T17:12:08-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/oneworlds-future-to-be-decided.html A lead story in the Financial Times is reporting that the European Commission may order British Airways, American Airlines, and Iberia--all members of the oneworld Alliance--to surrender takeoff and landing slots at London Heathrow as the price for approval of... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-26T14:05:04-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/airline-industry-in-india-facing-the-free-fall.html Blog readers may be interested in a recent brief article on India's air transport sector. See Jitendra Singh Rathore & Anamika Sharma, Sr., Airline Industry in India Facing the Free Fall, Strategic Innovators, at 74 (available from SSRN here). From... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-26T11:45:09-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/horan-on-the-oneworld-alliance.html Hubert Horan, an independant aviation analyst with 25 years of experience and a previous guest writer for this blog, has submitted a rebuttal to the oneworld Alliance's recent filing against Justice Department concerns over extending antitrust immunity to global airline... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-22T17:52:26-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/issues-in-aviation-law-and-policy-volume-9-issue-1-preview.html The Fall issue of Volume 9 of Issues in Aviation Law and Policy (IALP) is currently in production. For blog readers unfamiliar with the journal's history, IALP was formerly published by CCH/Wolters Kluwer since April 2001 in looseleaf format. Starting... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-21T17:33:24-04:00 http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/aviation/2009/10/havel-on-japanese-open-skies.html Prof. Brian Havel was featured in today's edition of the Chicago Tribune. In it, he commented on the likelihood of a U.S./Japan open skies treaty given the Japanese Government's current interest in saving the foundering Japanese Airlines. See Julie Johnson,... Aviation LawProf 2009-10-21T17:18:58-04:00