NavSite » safety http://navsite.com Transports and Logistics Blog Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 International investment in US airlines proposal http://navsite.com/2006/05/06/international-investment-in-us-airlines-proposal/ http://navsite.com/2006/05/06/international-investment-in-us-airlines-proposal/#comments Sat, 06 May 2006 20:51:58 +0000 T&LPro http://navsite.com/2006/05/06/international-investment-in-us-airlines-proposal/ American AirlinesA revised international investment proposal released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation would strengthen requirements initially proposed last November concerning U.S. citizens’ control of all safety, security and national defense obligations of domestic airlines while allowing international investors to make decisions on commercial matters involving U.S. airline management.

The supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking issued by the Department reflects comments provided on the November, 2005 proposal from consumers, airlines, aviation personnel and other interested groups. That proposal would make it easier for U.S. airlines to raise money, restructure their businesses and form strategic partnerships and alliances by allowing international investors more say in some aspects of airline operations such as scheduling and marketing.

San Jose Airport CustomsThe supplemental proposal issued today would make clear that U.S. citizens who are members of a domestic airline’s board or the voting shareholders, must retain the authority to revoke decision-making authority that international investors may acquire. For example, domestic board members might decide to revoke international investors’ decision-making authority over scheduling and fleet composition if they felt that those decisions were not in their airlines’ best interests. The new provision would make clear that U.S. citizens remain in “actual control” of the airline, as required by statute.

In addition, the revised proposal would strengthen the original proposal’s requirement that U.S. citizens have full control over all policies and implementation relating to safety, security and national defense airlift commitments. The new proposal would specifically prevent international investors from having the ability to hire, fire or control the budgets of senior airline managers with direct responsibility for safety, security and national defense airlift commitments.

Delta Airplane LandingAs with the original version, the revised proposal would only apply to international investors from countries that have Open-Skies aviation agreements with the United States and allow similar investments by American citizens in their domestic airlines.

Here’s a partial list of US domestic airliners targeted, directly or not, by this proposal:

The Department is seeking additional comment for another sixty days to allow for all interested groups to comment on the revised proposal.

US DOT

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The following major web pages at DOT are entirely dedicated to freight transportation on the American territory:

If you feel these links don’t answer all your freight-related questions, you can write to the US Department of Transportation using this freight-specific e-mail address: freight@dot.gov.

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]]> http://navsite.com/2006/04/25/us-freight-transportation-links/feed/ 0 US National traffic and road closure information links http://navsite.com/2006/04/25/us-national-traffic-and-road-closure-information-links/ http://navsite.com/2006/04/25/us-national-traffic-and-road-closure-information-links/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:40:05 +0000 T&LPro http://navsite.com/2006/04/25/us-national-traffic-and-road-closure-information-links/ The US transportation system is essential to the growth of the Nation. As such, it’s essential that the latest traffic and road closure information be made available to all companies and individuals who need to take important routing decisions, often in real-time.

The following link collection is inspired by the one made available by the US Federal Highway Administration and are intended to be a quick reference you can easily access.

Individual US States information:

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington State Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

National information links related to various themes.

Construction related:

Weather / road conditions related:

Traffic conditions information:

Regional information links:

State Departments of Transportation:

More information, including the 511 service, is made available on this page at the Federal Highway Administration, which is a branch of the US Department of Transportation.

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