Aviation Law Prof Blog


A regularly-updated blawg featuring aviation law news and commentary.

Author: Brian F. Havel is a law professor and director of International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law. Michael S. Jacobs is co-director of the International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul and Andrew Eastmond is the FedEx/United Airlines Resident Research Fellow at the International Aviation Law Institute at DePaul.

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Recent Posts from Aviation Law Prof Blog


  • An Interesting Read From the oneworld Docket

    Despite the Department of Transportation's promise to render a decision by October 30, the oneworld Alliance's antitrust immunity docket continues to swell with new filings. On Monday, Virgin Atlantic let loose another volley of criticism…

  • What AA, Delta Have to Gain

    Market Place, the syndicated business radio show produced by American Public Media, has a good story up online about American and Delta's efforts to court JAL into their respective alliances. See Market Place, What AA,…

  • SkyTeam's Bold Move

    A new story in the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Delta Air Lines and the other members of the SkyTeam Alliance are willing to provide over $1 billion in funding to the struggling JAL…

  • Carve-Outs Under Airline Antitrust Immunity

    There is an impressive new paper up online discusing the economic ramifications of the Department of Transportation's carve-outs to its grants of antitrust immunity for airline alliances. See Jan K. Brueckner & Stef Proost, Carve-Outs…

  • Canada Refrains from the Agenda for Freedom

    Despite the summit being hosted within its territory, Canada opted to refrain from signing the Statement of Policy Principles set forth by the International Air Transport Association as part of its Agenda for Freedom. See…

  • Agenda for Freedom Press Release

    The International Air Transport Association has posted an extensive press release concerning the recently concluded Agenda for Freedom Summit in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. See Press Release, IATA, Governments Sign Principles for Liberalization (Nov. 16, 2009)…

  • Harvard Fellow on Airline Leadership

    Harvard Business School has a Q&A session up online with Tony Mayo, Distinguished Research Fellow at HBS and one of the authors of Entrepreneurs, Managers and Leaders: What the Aviation Industry Can Teach Us About…

  • A New Airline Commission?

    In 1992, the U.S. Congress passed enabling legislation for the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry. While Congress (with the notable exception of Rep. James Oberstar) has placed aviation on the back…

  • BA/Iberia Agree to Consummate Merger

    British Airways and Iberia have agreed to terms to consummate a merger which would make them Europe's third-largest airline by revenue. See Pilita Clark & Mark Mulligan, BA and Iberia to Create Europe's Third-Largest Airline,…

  • ATA on DOT's Airline Forum

    The Air Transport Association has issued a statement on today's airline forum hosted by the Department of Transportation. See Press Release, ATA, ATA Comments on DOT Stakeholder Forum . . . (Nov. 12, 2009) (available…