Aviation Policy Newsletters

Airport Policy News: Aviation Industry Seeks Bailouts Due to COVID-19 Impacts

The Trump administration has proposed a $50 billion bailout of the airlines during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Robert Poole
March 18, 2020

Aviation Policy News: Attack on Space-Based ADS-B Service, Challenges to Urban Air Mobility, and More

Plus: The shift from a public to commercial airport model, aviation’s other climate change problem, and more.

By Robert Poole
February 18, 2020

Aviation Policy News: St. Louis Airport Lease, Airport Funding, Remote Towers, and More

Plus: the FAA's Metroplex problems, airport slots, airspace around space launches, and more.

By Robert Poole
January 27, 2020

Aviation Policy News: A Smarter Way Forward on Airline Emissions

Also in this issue: Boeing's 737 MAX and the future of certification, TSA doesn’t know if its screening equipment works, how Australia’s light-handed airport regulation works, and more.

By Robert Poole
December 16, 2019

Aviation Policy News: Airport Privatization, Runway Slots, Drones Near Planes, and More

St. Louis gets 18 responses on possible airport lease, haggling over Heathrow's new runway slots, drones coming dangerously close to planes, and more.

By Robert Poole
November 19, 2019

Aviation Policy News #169

Two U.S. airport privatizations are moving forward, concerns over corporatization, Sen. Ted Cruz holds hearing on air traffic control, GPS landing advances, and more.

By Robert Poole
October 16, 2019

Aviation Policy News #168

Climate change and major environmental challenges to aviation, a political attempt to micromanage airline maintenance, and more.

By Robert Poole
September 23, 2019

Aviation Policy News #167

The US lags on airport privatization and private investment, the definitive case for passenger facility charges, and more.

By Robert Poole
August 27, 2019

Aviation Policy News #166

Air traffic controller shortage, runway slots, Global Entry vulnerabilities, and Berlin delays.

By Robert Poole
July 23, 2019