As Aviation Week explains, while charging for checked bags makes dollars and cents, it also costs airlines in customer satisfaction ratings.
Which is what bothered me the most about the Aviation Week editorial.
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You would never get any of this out of the critical editorials that Aviation Week and other outlets have published about the F-35.
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The USAF was also unavailable for comment, but industry insiders at Aviation Week said on March 13 that the contract was temporarily suspended.
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The High-Powered Microwave, as it is called, is reported by Aviation Week to be powerful enough to disable all of the motors in a swarm of up to 30 speedboats.
This week aviation industry representatives were saying they thought the worst was over.
India's civil aviation ministry this week also said it will prepare a note for the federal cabinet to consider allowing up to 49% investment by foreign carriers in Indian local airlines in a bid to provide much-needed relief to an industry marred by high jet-fuel costs and mounting losses.
Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration this week is sending out scores of letters to small- and medium- size airports nationwide saying the agency may soon close their control towers because of budget cuts, unless they can convince the government that the action will harm the national interest.
CNN: Airports can make case to keep their control towers open
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today strongly criticized the dismissive remarks from the White House made earlier this week regarding business aviation.
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The groundings stemmed from a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration directive last week that planes should not fly until the problems are resolved.
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said both batteries had leaked electrolyte fluid, and there had been smoke damage to parts of the aircraft.
Boeing did receive one spot of good news this week: The Federal Aviation Administration gave the company the OK to fly test flights of the Dreamliner in order to gather more data on the battery problems.
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Furloughs affecting some 15, 000 Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers began this week with the agency saying it had no flexibility to avert them without action by Congress.
Prosecutors disclosed Monday that seven current and former Federal Aviation Administration employees were sent transcripts from last week's opening statements and testimony.
The restrictions on general aviation in 15 other metropolitan areas were lifted last week.
CNN: General aviation resumes at a dozen additional metro areas
Last week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cleared Boeing to make fixes to the problematic battery system.
That said, industries such as chemicals and aviation are being squeezed: a robust recovery reported this week by British Airways, for example, is threatened by rising jet-fuel prices.
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What was on the Federal Aviation Administration's mind when it grounded hundreds of planes this week--politics or safety?
At its annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, the trade group pledged to cap emissions from aviation in 2020.
The Boston fire and a subsequent incident involving a battery alarm and a report of a burning smell on another 787 that made an emergency landing in Japan prompted the Federal Aviation Administration and other safety agencies globally to ground the Dreamliner last week.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it would send airlines instructions and publish a notice next week lifting the 3-month-old grounding order that day.
As I announced this week, we've taken a whole range of steps to improve aviation screening and security since Christmas, including new rules for how we handle visas within the government and enhanced screening for passengers flying from, or through, certain countries.
Now, as I announced this week, we've taken a whole range of steps to improve aviation screening and security since Christmas, including new rules for how we handle visas within the government and enhanced screening for passengers flying from or through certain countries.
After last month's terror attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration asked airports to check the badges of all employees, a job completed this week.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority's annual report on "airproxes" or near misses, published last week, serious incidents are down to an all time low.
With little fanfare but lots of effort, the Boeing Company this week is on the verge of completing all the tasks required by the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate the 787 Dreamliner is ready for a return to routine operations.
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The reason I got back in touch with Sioux City's leaders last week is that recently the federal government has shown it will speedily get involved in aviation-related issues when it wants to.
The TSA's move this week to allow small pocket knives on airplanes has generated a storm of criticism and concern among aviation professionals and passengers alike.
The Senate legislation, crafted by lawmakers in both parties, would give the Transportation Department, which administers the Federal Aviation Administration, more budget flexibility to reduce the number of air-traffic controller furloughs, which had caused this week's flight delays.
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