On Thursday, March 19, Senate Republicans released a proposal for $58 billion in emergency financial relief for US airlines. The relief measures would form part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and is...more
The US Treasury Department has proposed a $50 billion secured loan facility to assist the US airline industry during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Under the proposal, loan proceeds would be made available...more
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global aviation industry. Fueled by numerous travel bans and closed borders, international and domestic airlines have seen a drastic plunge in demand for air...more
On January 14, Elaine Chao, US Department of Transportation Secretary, announced proposed rules to ease restrictions on flying small drones over people and at night. A small drone is one which weighs less than 55 pounds. The...more
Last Friday, in Taylor v. Huerta, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a rule requiring individuals who fly small (weighing between 0.55 and 55 pounds on takeoff) drones and other model aircraft for hobby or recreational...more
On Friday, October 7, 2016, President Obama delivered on a promise that he had made in September by signing an executive order terminating the economic and financial sanctions program on the country of Burma (Myanmar). The...more
The beginning of the year brought the arrival of “Implementation Day” under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and its potential for business opportunities in Iran that had been shut off for decades (See Jan. 22,...more
On Friday, July 29, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License J under the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR). This general license authorizes non-US airlines to fly US origin...more
Since we last spoke of "Implementation Day" established on January 16 under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see "Implementation Day" Brings Openings for Commercial Aircraft Sales With Iran advisory from January 22),...more
On December 18, 2015, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals decided the case Flytenow, Inc. v. F.A.A. Flytenow, Inc. is a web-based service that allows private pilots to offer their planned itineraries to all...more
On January 27, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), took steps to further ease trade restrictions against Cuba, including...more
January 16, 2016 marked the arrival of "Implementation Day" under the July 14, 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the United States, Iran, European Union, and the "P5+1" countries. Under this agreement,...more
On November 2, 2015, the US State Department published a list of contingent waivers to a host of US sanctions on Iran that would apply to US and non-US persons. Included in the publication is an announcement of waivers that...more