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Tag Archives: airlines
How prepared are airports and airlines to handle a pandemic?
Physical distancing and avoiding shared surfaces can be quite difficult when it comes to air travel. Airports and airplanes have many of the features that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend you avoid to prevent the spread of diseases, … Continue reading
Posted in About GAO, Coronavirus
Tagged airlines, airport, aviation, aviation safety, CDC, Coronavirus, Department of Transportation, ebola, Heather Krause, HHS, homeland security, pandemic, Physical Infrastructure, PI, SARS, USDOT
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Airline Passenger Protections
Are you one of the millions of passengers flying over the holidays? Do you know your rights if your flight is cancelled or overbooked, or if your checked bag doesn’t arrive when you do? Today’s WatchBlog explores airline consumer protection … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged airlines, Andrew Von Ah, commercial airlines, Department of Transportation, PI
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How Much Is That Doggie in the Cabin?
If you’re one of the millions flying this holiday season, you may be wondering whether you’ll have to pay fees for services that aren’t included in your ticket price. Want to bring Fido? There’s a fee for that. Want to … Continue reading
Opportunity Knocks, 36,000 Feet in the Air
On December 17th, 1903, two brothers took to the skies. Orville and Wilbur Wright’s 12-second inaugural flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina launched a revolution that would affect everything from war to commerce to vacations. For National Aviation Day—established by … Continue reading
Posted in Human Capital, Transportation
Tagged airline industry, airline pilots, airlines, aviation, drone, engineering, National Aviation Day, PI, pilot shortage, pilots, STEM, workforce, Wright Brothers
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Air Travel and Communicable Diseases (podcast)
Stopping communicable disease from spreading via air travel involves local, national, and international efforts, as illustrated by the 2015 Ebola epidemic. How do governments plan and coordinate with airports and airlines that potentially carry sick passengers? Listen to Gerald Dillingham, … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Transportation
Tagged airlines, airport, airports, disease control, ebola, FAA, PI, safe travels, SARS, travel
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Aviation Safety: Need to Know
While the U.S. aviation system is one of the safest in the world and major aircraft crashes have become less common, close calls in the air and on the ground still frequently occur. For National Safety Month, the WatchBlog gathered … Continue reading
Mixed News for U.S. Airline Consumer Choice
Have you flown recently? You might feel like your options are more limited because of trends in air service and recent airline mergers. But do you really have fewer airlines to choose from? In the last several months, GAO has … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged air service, airlines, amenities, American, aviation, city-pairs, commercial air traffic, competition, consumers, delays, Delta, domestic, fuel costs, mergers, reduce, rural, small airports, Southwest, Transportation, trends, United, US
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Podcast on Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots
The number of pilots employed by commercial airlines has declined since 2000, and many stakeholders are concerned about a potential shortage of qualified airline pilots in the near future. Listen to our podcast with Gerald Dillingham, a director in our … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Podcast, Transportation
Tagged air traffic, airline pilot, airlines, aviation, commercial airlines, Department of Transportation, employment, FAA, pilots, shortage, Transportation, USDOT, workforce
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