Flight Global: INTERVIEW: Bill Flynn, chief executive, Atlas Air

To understand the scope of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings’ ongoing business transformation, look no further than Amazon One – a Boeing 767-300ER freighter with registration N1997A. In August 2016, the 22-year-old aircraft, painted in the colours and logo of Amazon, became a symbol of a broad plan by Atlas chief executive Bill Flynn to align…

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The Wall Street Journal: Business Rivals Agree on Policy

At a time when the U.S. needs unity and bold reforms, American businesses must be partners in building the future. While the business community has diverse interests, every company should agree on basic policy priorities if we want to be globally competitive. That’s why we are speaking out together—two fierce competitors, UPS and FedEx ,…

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Bloomberg: Air Berlin Files for Insolvency as Etihad Pulls Funding Plug

Air Berlin Plc filed for insolvency after leading shareholder Etihad Airways PJSC withdrew its financial support, marking the second failure of a major European airline in four months after the Persian Gulf carrier pulled the plug on funding Italy’s Alitalia SpA in May. While Air Berlin said in a statement Tuesday that it will continue flying with the help…

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Are some overseas airlines getting an unfair leg up on US carriers? Depends who you ask.

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Go ahead and call them the friendly skies, but there’s a war waging in the airline industry between carriers both here in the United States and around the globe. The fight is over something called Open Skies Agreements, which help to set rules that create a free market for the companies that fly people and…

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Fire Koskinen, Bring Accountability to IRS

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to reports the IRS re-hired hundreds of employees let go for offenses ranging from falsifying documents to failure to pay taxes. “It has been clear for years that the IRS is out of control. Under President Obama,…

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Are you outraged that, after years of campaigning on repealing Obamacare, it was a handful of moderate Republicans that killed the repeal efforts a few weeks ago? Are you tired of the mainstream media doing everything possible to derail President Trump’s agenda? Are you tired of “the Swamp” resisting the change that the American people…Read More