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The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the future of the airline industry. Witnesses testified about deregulation, financial problems of the major carriers, and the impact of the 9/…

Government and aviation industry officials talked about the impact that weather and weather detection technology have on air safety and airline schedules. They also talked about advances in …

Officials talked about airport congestion and future concerns about air traffic. Among the issues they addressed were developing infrastructure to handle increased capacities, the role of fe…

Airline industry executives and FAA officials talked about airport congestion and passenger delays. The first panel described the spoke-and-hub system and its impact on airline gridlock. The…

Justice Breyer talked about the cost of flying and the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. He said that the purpose of the law was to make flying affordable. He described the hearings held abo…

The subcommittee heard testimony on S. 2312, the Airline Competition Act of 1992, which involves the airline reservation systems in the nation’s high-density airports. The bill would make th…