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Amerijet turns tables on Korean Air for opposing commercial permit

Amerijet, a mid-tier cargo airline based in Miami, has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to withhold approval for a startup operator of business jets owned by Korean Air to fly to U.S. destinations because Korean Air is blocking its request to offer scheduled service in and out of South Korea.

And it threw a grenade into Korean Air’s $1.4 billion merger plan with struggling Asiana Airlines, saying the Department of Justice should consider the airline’s behavior toward Amerijet as part...

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Net-Zero Carbon recap: Fighting climate change takes all transportation stakeholders

Jonathan Hoffman and Andrew Wishnia discuss net-zero carbon emissions goals

This fireside chat is from FreightWaves’ 2022 Net-Zero Carbon Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC:The role of policy in climate-positive transport

DETAILS: In this fireside chat, Jonathan Hoffman, former chief spokesman for the Pentagon, and Andrew Wishnia, deputy assistant secretary for climate policy for the US Department of Transportation, discuss ways the transportation sector is addressing climate change challenges.

SPEAKER: Andrew Wishnia, deputy assistant secretary for climate policy, U.S....

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Cargo airlines ask DOT to block Mexican carrier from US market

TUM Aerocarga CRJ200 cargo jet. Close up of tail and engine.t

The nephew of famed airline entrepreneur Conrad Kalitta, founder of all-cargo carrier Kalitta Air, is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to shield it from foreign competition by blocking a small Mexican cargo airline from entering the U.S. market.

TUM Aerocarga, based in Toluca, earlier this month made a routine request under the 2015 bilateral air services agreement between the U.S. and Mexico for permission to conduct cargo flights to and from the U.S. It also seeks an exemption from...

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US, China reciprocate on more airline access

A white United Airlines planes takes off into bright blue sky. United is adding more flights between San Francisco and Shanghai.

Shippers will have eight additional flights per week with coveted cargo space on the busy China-U.S. route after the U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday permitted four Chinese carriers to double the number of round-trip flights they operate. 

The U.S. decision came in response to Chinese aviation authorities on Monday authorizing United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) to increase service frequency from two times weekly to four times weekly. 

The two governments...

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Owner-operators flag USMCA’s scrutiny of Mexican cross-border trucking

Provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) meant to weed out unqualified trucking companies south of the border were highlighted today by small-business trucking companies as the trade pact goes into force.

“The USMCA creates a thorough review process to identify and remove Mexico-based carriers and operators that pose material economic harm to American truckers,” commented Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Trucking Association (OOIDA). “This means...

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US denies China extra passenger flights

Bit white plane with Chinese markings comes in for landing.

The U.S. Department of Transportation late Friday denied a request by Chinese airlines to increase the number of flights allowed into the U.S. but said it was simply a procedural matter, not a provocation.

Seven Chinese carriers filed proposed schedules for future service when the DOT said earlier this week it would only permit four weekly flights in total. Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Xiamen Airways each already operate one scheduled passenger flight per week to Los Angeles or...

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Feds announce new AV initiative to improve transparency

US DOT AV

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced an initiative to improve transparency in the self-driving vehicle industry, marking another step forward on the rocky road toward adoption of autonomous cars and trucks in this country.

Also included in the announcement were the names of nine companies and eight states that have signed on as the first participants in the Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST) Initiative. 

“Through this initiative, the...

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