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Story Archives of 'Airline Industry'
Kate Hanni and Flyer's Rights
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
Airline horror stories are so common, they barely even register. Been stuck in an airport for hours on end? Who hasn’t? Luggage got lost? Been there, lived through it. We all have our share of tales, met by groans and sighs of recognition.
But one activist argues that passengers have played the role of the victim for too long. In 2006 Kate Hanni was stranded on the tarmac for over nine hours after her flight to Dallas, Texas was diverted due to bad weather. She was unable to deboard and refused access to food, water, and even the bathroom. Infuriated, Kate formed the Coalition for an Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights, breathing life back into the quest for flyer’s rights legislation initially begun in 1999.
Kate’s aggressiveness has made her an unexpected adversary. Still, she faces a powerful industry that traditionally enjoys broad deregulation and multi-billion dollar government bailouts. Airlines and special interest groups spent a record breaking $30 million in 2008 towards lobbying. A significant cut of this money was meant to defeat a passengers’ bill of rights. But Kate is not fazed by the airline bullies. Last Thursday the bill went before the House of Representatives.
Kate Hanni joins us from Washington, DC to fill us in on where the bill stands and exactly what rights she believes passengers deserve.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Passenger rights part of air bill"
(Photo courtesy redjar via Flickr/Creative Commons)
The New Concorde
By Jacob Eaton on Friday, October 24, 2008.
In its prime, the famed supersonic Concorde jet could get you from New York to London in less than half the time it took regular air carriers to travel the same distance. However, as a result of the plane’s only crash in July of 2000, as well as difficult mechanical upkeep, the airline shut down in 2003.
Airplane De-Icing Agents Challenge Merrimack River
By Jon Greenberg on Monday, September 22, 2008.The air transportation industry and environmental agencies face a difficult challenge over deicing. From late fall to early spring, the only way to make planes safe to fly is to spray them with chemicals to remove frost and ice. The problem is, those chemicals can suck the oxygen out of the rivers and streams they run into.
At Manchester Boston Regional Airport, deicing agents run into the Merrimack River. According to the latest test results, the chemical load can be more than thirty times what it ought to be.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.
Here's What's Awesome: Desert Energy Hubs, Cutting Airline Delays
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, September 7, 2008.
Word of Mouth's weekly compendium of links is back! Here is, as we say, what's awesome:
I will turn your desert green
Economic Turbulence in the Friendly Skies!
By Laura Knoy on Thursday, June 19, 2008.With the price of jet fuel soaring, the world’s airlines are struggling to stay competitive. They’re raising fares, cutting service, reducing speed, and even charging for that soft drink, bag of peanuts, and checked-in luggage. We’ll look at the state of the airline industry and how much you may shell out the next time you fly.
Guests
- Tom Malafronte, Assistant Airport Director for Air Service Development and Marketing at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
- David Field , Americas Editor of the London-based magazine Airline Business
Braking In Mid-Flight
By Avishay Artsy on Friday, May 2, 2008.The airline industry has been going through hard times, the worst since the 9/11 attacks. United Airlines, US Airways, Delta and Northwest have all reorganized under Chapter 11 filings in the past decade. But with default and bankruptcy risk on the rise, and jet fuel prices at over $3.50 a gallon this week, airlines are still scrambling to cut costs.
An Airport Update with Kevin Dillon
By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, August 15, 2006.Security changes, Name changes, and other changes – at New Hampshire’s only major airport. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Director Kevin Dillon joins us, to talk about what’s going on at his facility, its response to the London terror plot...also, “what’s in a name†and how troubles in the aviation industry affect small and medium airports like his. Laura's guest is Kevin Dillon, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Director.
Flying High in the Granite State
By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.Last week, aldermen in Manchester approved a controversial decision to change the airport's name to include the city of "Boston" in the title. The effort was made in part to help stem the reduction in passengers flying out of Manchester. We'll talk about the significance of such a name change and how the trend is playing out nationally. Our guests are David Field, the Americas Editor for Airline Business Magazine, and Kevin Dillon, the director of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
And we'll hear producer Liz Bulkley's true story about her flight from Boston to Washington, DC where she was the only passenger.
New Commercial Airline Comes to Pease
By Roger Wood on Wednesday, August 24, 2005.The Pease Development Authority is taking a chance on another airline to provide passenger service at the under-utilized Seacoast airport.
NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood has a report.
An Airline Update
By Kevin Gardner on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.The sky is buzzing with news of the airline industry lately. Some airlines are flying by the seat of their pants, flirting with bankruptcy and heading for disaster while others are doing better, some even announcing mergers. We'll look at all that's going on in the world of the airline industry, including how it effects us here in New Hampshire and why two airlines are battling over a piece of legislation more than twenty five years old. Kevin Gardner hosts. His guest is David Field, Americas Editor for Airline Business Magazine. We'll also hear from Kevin Dillon, Director of the Manchester Airport.
