Airport slot auctions proposed for Newark, JFK

Transportation Secretary Mary Peters says the department's last action to up fuel efficiency requirements may be toughened in light of spiking fuel costs. In April, Peters presented the department's plan to increase the fuel efficiency requirement ...

To hold down ticket prices and ease airplane congestion over the New York region, the Bush administration proposed Friday to auction landing slots at two major airports, Kennedy and Newark , and to impose a limit on airline traffic at Newark. ...

Airlines quickly opposed the planned auctions, calling them an experiment with dubious legal authority that will raise prices for passengers while doing nothing to ease congestion. The changes are likely to affect airlines with large operations at ...

Noting that in the past airlines did not always have to disclose how long their aircraft were delayed after leaving the gate, Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said the lines would now have to provide “complete on-time and tarmac-delay data,â...

The Bush administration announced caps on takeoffs and landings at the three major New York-area airports Friday in an effort to avoid delays this summer. Under the plan developed by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, some slots at Kennedy and ...

The U.S.government proposed on Friday to auction some takeoff and landing rights at the New York area's two international airports, as a way to boost competition, a plan that drew sharp criticism from airlines. The Transportation Department plan for ...

A week before Memorial Day travelers hit the airports, the Transportation Department announced Friday proposals to ease delays emanating from the New York City-area's congested airports, avoid widespread aircraft groundings and better inform ...

One new rule requires airlines to release more information about how long aircraft are delayed after leaving the gate. Airlines and travel agents will also now be required to disclose on the Internet and in print ads the fees for checking a second ...