Issue / Aircraft
House Democrats Release Critical Report on 737 MAX As Senate Panel Postpones Certification Bill
Sep 18, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a 238-page investigative report on the actions...
DOT IG Releases Timeline of 737 MAX Development
Jul 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisAfter the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jetliner in March 2019 led to the worldwide grounding of the new model airplane,...
St. Louis Pulls Bid to Privatize its Airport
Jan 24, 2020 | Robert PuentesIn the late 1990s, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport was the nation's 15th-largest, with more traffic than Seattle-Tacoma,...
House Hearing Cites Faulty FAA Risk Calculations on 737 MAX
Dec 13, 2019 | Jeff DavisAnother hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week looked more deeply at decisions made by the...
House T&I Approves Bill Regulating Overseas Aircraft Repair Facilities
Nov 22, 2019 | Jeff DavisOn November 20, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bill (H.R. 5119) sponsored by the panel's chairman,...
Senate Committee Approves RRIF and NASA Bills, 3 Nominations
Nov 15, 2019 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a drama-free markup on November 13 and approved 20 bills by voice vote,...
Boeing CEO Faces Hostile Audiences on Capitol Hill
Nov 01, 2019 | Jeff DavisThis week, the chief executive officer of Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, spent two days this week testifying before a largely hostile...
Senators Press FAA Officials on MAX Certification Procedure and UAS Rules
Aug 01, 2019 | Romic AevazIn the wake of recent reporting in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal regarding the certification process for the Boeing 737...
Trends in International Travel Part 3: Aircraft, Polar Routes, and Flights to Asia
May 17, 2019 | Paul LewisEno conducted an analysis of the international market for air travel in November 2018 for the Japan International Transport Institute....
House Hearing Looks At the Long-Term Future of Aviation
Mar 22, 2019 | Alice GrossmanOn Tuesday, March 12 the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on the Future of Aviation...
The FY20 Budget: Transportation Security
Mar 22, 2019 | Jeff DavisMarch 20, 2019 The President's fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security includes proposals for a...
A Look at New Regulations Required by the FAA Reauthorization Law
Oct 12, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 12, 2018 The FAA reauthorization bill signed into law on October 5 does a lot of things – authorizes $97 billion in...