This paper explores three regulations: 14 CFR § 25.113, 14 CFR § 25.125 and 14 CFR § 121.195 and their interactions with two other regulations: 14 CFR § 25.107, 14 CFR § 25.109. Together, these laws control the means by which takeoff and landing runway requirements of transport category...

The paper uses a data base on regulation, market structure and performance in the air passenger transportation industry, to analyse the links among liberalisation, private ownership, competition, efficiency and airfares at national and route levels. Covering the 1996-97 travel season, 21...

This paper will argue that it is imperative regulations on UAVs address cybersecurity and privacy issues in order to remain on the forefront of technology within the aviation industry. Although it may seem like it is more important to establish basic laws on UAS, legislators need to work...

This paper looks at cybersecurity and the protection of critical national infrastructure, as an area of systemic risk to society. In particular, it looks at the obligations and potential penalties which apply to cloud providers under the regulatory framework established by the EU’s Network and...

The Department of Defense (DOD) increasingly recognizes that it must do more to spur innovation to maintain its technological superiority. This article suggests that DOD’s leadership make time for David McCullough’s recent biography, The Wright Brothers, as an aviation anecdote chock full of...

On 19-21 December 2018, at one of the busiest times of the year for air travel, one or more drones flew over Gatwick Airport and its runways, causing the airport to be closed for almost 33 hours, resulting in the cancellation of approximately 800 flights, and disrupting travel for approximately...

Under EU Air Passenger Rights legislation (“EC261”), carriers must provide assistance and cash compensation to passengers in case of long delay. We study whether the regulation reduces flight delay. EC261 applies uniformly to flights departing from the EU, but covers only EU carriers on...

Worldwide, commercial drone services are being tested and permitted. Progress in the United States has been slow, in part because of a lack of clarity about the federal and state roles in drone and airspace management. We give scores to the 50 states and rank them using their laws and drone...

To have an extensive commercial drone industry and passenger drone industry, there need to be drone highways—aerial corridors—crisscrossing towns, suburbs, and cities. However, if the FAA were to extend these drone corridors unilaterally, it would face opposition not only from landowners but...