Sep 30, 2022 Beware the stillness of the storm By Mike Goggin I have the pleasure of being on a cruise right now, and it’s heavily populated by people from the USA, particularly Floridians. Cocktail...
Sep 22, 2022 The "tripwire" summer is over, it is time to tone down the rhetoric and find solutions By Stephen D. Van Beek A rough summer for aviation operations and customer service has come to a close. If you listen to leaders in aviation, you will hear a...
Sep 16, 2022 Office for local government (OfLog) - put your own house in order, new devolution twist or prelude to more cuts and centre control? By Voices of Steer Our local government sector is at the frontline of the cost of living crisis and is seeking ever more innovation in service strategy,...
Sep 16, 2022 Inflation: a blow to ‘levelling up’… and Net Zero? By Mark Easter High energy prices can act, contrarily, as a friend to decarbonisation, driving urgent operational cost savings and often shorter payback...
Sep 13, 2022 Modernize the Passenger Facility Charge? Yes, With Deregulated Rate-Setting By Stephen D. Van Beek Reason Foundation: Moderninizing the PFC A timely article by Mark Scribner of the Reason Foundation, writing about the need to lift the...
Sep 11, 2022 The Biden-Harris Economic Blueprint: Implications for Transport & Aviation Policy By Stephen D. Van Beek On September 9, the White House released the President's Economic Blueprint, laying out "five pillars" for the economic agenda going...
Sep 09, 2022 HMT - Finance Department or Economics Ministry By Voices of Steer Well aware of the issues post-pandemic and the costs of huge public debt, it is timely to consider the role of the Government's Treasury...
Sep 09, 2022 Actualización del Plan Maestro de Transporte Intermodal de Colombia By Enrique Hernández Steer y Fedesarrollo están realizando la actualización del Plan Maestro de Transporte Intermodal de Colombia 2015-2035 (PMTI) para el...
Sep 07, 2022 Higher airport fees causing higher airline fares? Evidence is not in for Florida airports By Stephen D. Van Beek Link: Risky Business? South Florida Sun-Sentinel via Aviation Pros Interesting article about business model challenges of airlines and...
Sep 07, 2022 Dear Secretary of State... By Mike Goggin And so it came to pass that we now have a new Secretary of State for Transport here in the UK. As Anne-Marie Trevelyan inherits the...
Sep 06, 2022 United Airlines' CEO links customer service issues to lack of progress on air traffic and airport upgrades By Stephen D. Van Beek While United CEO Scott Kirby's comments might be read as an attempt to shift blame away from the airlines for customer service issues, he...
Sep 06, 2022 New economy thinking - trickle up By Voices of Steer Some reasoned debate from the USA on the content and implications of the inflation reduction act - and how fiscal policy can be better...
Sep 06, 2022 Small is beautiful By Richard Harper Railway enhancement projects are often huge undertakings, with enormous teams, high prestige, and very visible outcomes. Think London...
Sep 05, 2022 Devolution - yes, but please scale properly, empower thoroughly and provide structural consistency and efficiency. By Voices of Steer It seems that the East Midlands is split in its opinion on the devo deal announced for Derby / Derbyshire and Nottingham /...
Sep 02, 2022 The new air traveler dashboard ushers in a more aggressive customer service regulator By Stephen D. Van Beek Just before Labor Day travelers take off for their Labor Day holiday, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg launched a new airline...
Sep 02, 2022 Climate change: Best time to act was 110 years ago, second best is now! By Shipra Bhatia If you want to understand how burning fossil fuels affects climate change, let's return to this newspaper article from August 14, 1912....