The Five Most Important Airline Stories Of 2022

After failing to get shareholder approval for their deal with Frontier Airlines, Spirt accepted a … [+] bid to merge with JetBlue. Getty Images The year 2022 has seen a robust return of airline ...

Sam Bankman-Fried goes from toast of Washington to political pariah

Sam Bankman-Fried’s days as a Washington insider appear over. Even if the former billionaire can miraculously pull off a rescue of his troubled crypto empire, the cachet Bankman-Fried buil...

Return To U.S. Airline Reliability Requires All Stakeholders’ Action

Airlines have struggled to be reliable since the quick return of travel demand. One piece of the … [+] puzzle is the airlines themselves, but all stakeholders need to work together to return air...

How DC’s Vision Zero—And Much Of The DC Government’s Agenda—Gets Trumped By On-Street Parking

Four years ago DC started a program to eliminate pedestrian traffic deaths called Vision Zero. Since that time there has been no progress whatsoever on reducing traffic deaths, which remain where they...

Former DOJ Lawyer Jeffrey Clark Faces Ethics Violations Charge

Topline Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department lawyer whom Donald Trump sought to appoint as attorney general, faces accusations by the Washington D.C. bar that he violated rules of professional...

Crypto-curious Dem on the ballot in hot Maryland primary

A crypto-curious Democrat could take one step closer to Congress this week, when Maryland voters head to the polls for a House primary in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. Glenn Ivey, a former Hill staffe...

What I Learned On Four Flights After The Mask Mandate Removal

After the elimination of the mask mandate on airplanes, some passengers and crew are still choosing … [+] to wear a mask when onboard. getty On April 18, a judge in Florida eliminated the Federa...

Out With Buses, In With Rideshare

Car and freight travel have reached pre-pandemic levels, but public transit and passenger rail are not expected to recover fully. Many employers are allowing remote work, and, for some, the model of g...