Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn
Meritas Capability Webinar - Restructuring Insolvent Airlines in the Americas: A Look at LATAM and Developments with AeroMexico and Avianca
Asiana Flight 214: The Potential Causes and Legal Implications - Mike Danko
The aviation industry is facing a transformative challenge to step up its efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Increased use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) plays a pivotal role in this efforts with its potential to reduce...more
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has launched...more
A federal judge has denied the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority‘s attempt to move an environmental lawsuit to federal court to be filed by Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel, alleging that per- and...more
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City is in the process of completing its total revamping of Terminal 1. Aside from the nearly $10 billion in upgrades, the new terminal will boast what authorities at the...more
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a draft bill on Dec. 15, 2022, to the Chamber of Deputies pursuing an amendment of the Airports Law and the Civil Aviation Law. The objective of the bill is to grant more...more
The Canadian aviation industry is expanding efforts to tackle climate change and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While the aviation industry is responsible for only 3 percent of Canada’s overall annual GHG emissions,...more
Para recuperar la categoría 1 ante la FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), el Gobierno Federal Mexicano ha llevado a cabo ciertas acciones para fortalecer la regulación en materia de seguridad aérea. Al respecto, la Agencia...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Single European Sky: The Wise Person Group Publishes a Statement on the Future of the Single European Sky On 14 April 2021, the Wise Persons Group (WPG), a high-level aviation experts group...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - COVID-19: Europe’s Airlines Welcome the European Commission’s Proposal for a Digital “COVID Passport” - On 17 March 2021, Europe’s aviation sector welcomed the European Commission’s...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Aviation Policy: European Commission Proposes to set up new European Partnerships and to Invest Nearly €10 Billion for the Green and Digital Transition - On 23 February 2021, the European...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - COVID-19: European Commission steps up action to reinforce preparedness and response measures across the EU - On 28 October 2020, the European Commission launched an additional set of actions...more
On a normal travel day (at least pre-COVID), millions of passengers pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening checkpoints at U.S. airports. Passengers are screened using “body scanners” while...more
Under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would be required to conduct temperature checks on all passengers and other individuals seeking entry to an airport’s...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Aviation Safety: European Commission Updates The EU Air Safety List - On 2 June 2020, the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, which identifies the airlines subject to an...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently issued a consent order assessing a $70,000 civil penalty against Volaris, the Mexican low-cost airline, for alleged violations of DOT’s regulations governing lengthy tarmac...more
Covid-19 hit the aviation industry at speed with its immediate and almost global impact requiring urgent responses from airlines, lessors, financiers and industry suppliers to apply emergency measures to, in some cases,...more
As airlines seek to restore consumer confidence in air travel, they are urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to administer temperature screenings of all passengers at TSA airport security checkpoints. ...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a vast and severe impact on the U.S. economy, and the U.S. air transportation industry has been brought almost to a standstill. While the executive branch moved quickly to address immediate...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “CARES Act”), a $2+ trillion stimulus package intended to ease the economic and social disruptions facing the...more
Many communities rely on Congressional representation to establish lines of communication with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) because communication with federal agencies in general and FAA particularly is...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report examining efforts by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and aviation stakeholders at U.S. airports to address “insider threat,” or the risk...more
How do you create an aviation regulatory framework that “sustain[s] the highest levels of security through shared outcomes”? The Transportation Security Administration’s new Action Plan Program (“APP”) seeks to answer that...more
With a population of over 1 billion people and a landmass larger than the combined areas of the USA, India and China, Africa presents a significant opportunity for the air transport industry. The Single African Air Transport...more
When airports need more money to operate and grow, their natural prey for cash are airlines and their passengers, general aviation and concessions....more
In Martin v. United Airlines, Inc., __ Fed. App'x __, 2018 WL 992289 (10th Cir. Feb. 21, 2018), Oklahoma residents brought a putative class action asserting various breach of contract theories against the airline arising from...more