Enforcing consumer protections is not regulation
Over the past few weeks, travel commentators have been beating the “airline regulation” drum. However, let’s be careful throwing the regulation word around. Most travelers are actually looking for basic consumer protections, not re-regulation.
Reregulate U.S airlines? Hell, yeah — and here’s how
It’s difficult to find a credible airline expert who doesn’t favor common-sense reregulation of the domestic airline industry. No surprise, considering that the tide is turning against a laissez-fare government.
A translation of the airlines’ “open letter” to customers
The airlines need you. In an open letter to customers published late yesterday, the chief executives of 12 domestic airlines urged customers to help them stop the oil speculation and bring fuel prices under control. Here’s a translation.