Today, Bill, Mike and Marty Lenss, Director of Cedar Rapids Airport, take on some big issues facing airports. The scandal of EAS, the misdirection of SCASD grants, the squeeze play airport directors get into between air service realities and mis-guided and mis-informed civic organizations "demanding" air service that's flat impossible. We discuss solutions that must be considered to assure air access for all regions of the nation. Log on and comment away!

Where is Southwest headed & what can airports expect? MRG and service subsidies need to be opened to midsize airports for international service. The ULCC cage-match begins.

Sort of like a slowly-boiled frog, aviation is undergoing some very fundamental shifts and changes. For airports, it means being to recognize the water's getting warmer, and taking action to accommodate it.

Covering the latest aviation hoedowns - the Southwest/Elliott rodeo, ULCC's going at each other, over-capacity, the end of the pilot shortage and more.

The ULCC sector is now trapped in a model that has only limited ability to support any more seats. Indeed, now Avelo and Breeze are going after each other, splitting the discretionary leisure traffic even more. Plus, we offer our counsel to major airlines in competitively responding to ULCC market attacks.

The ULCC sector is shifting. Bill and Mike provide a concise discussion and analysis of how airports need to plan for a shrinking and more focused ULCC sector.

Get ready for heresy. Ultra Low Cost Carriers are no longer a separate air transportation modality. They now have more aircraft and capacity than can be absorbed in leisure impulse markets, and are trying to invade markets dominated by major carriers. But they no longer have a real cost advantage, and it's becoming clear that they are running out of growth potential. Airport planning needs to adjust, and fast.

The inaugural issue of aviation's most incisive commentary and iconoclastic perspectives from the industry's most respected sources. Plan on some disruptive discussions!