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The Impact Of Governmental Regulation On Air Transportation, Hamilton Desaussure Aug 2015

The Impact Of Governmental Regulation On Air Transportation, Hamilton Desaussure

Akron Law Review

THE FOURTH ANNUAL International Law Symposium held at the University of Akron on November 13 and 14, 1975, concerning the impact of governmental regulation on air transportation, presented the issue of whether too much regulation of the domestic airline industry exists, and if so, how such regulation can be curtailed without diminishing route stability or damaging the public interest in a broad, well-integrated air transport network. This subject is of great importance to the traveling public. It is an issue which has drawn the particular attention of Congress.


Uncrashworthy Aircraft And The Manufacturer's Liability, Robert Kent Jul 2015

Uncrashworthy Aircraft And The Manufacturer's Liability, Robert Kent

Akron Law Review

The concept of crashworthiness has now been accepted by a resounding majority of states if not all states. Although widely used since Larsen in automobile crash cases, crashworthiness has only recently been successfully applied to the aircraft. Perhaps this foreshadows the future. The automobile differs only slightly from the helicopter and the airplane. All are products; all are accepted modes of transportation; and all may be designed to be reasonably safe. The doctrine of crashworthiness has been so widely accepted with respect to the automobile that the time has now arrived for the doctrine to be accepted in the field …


Assessing The Commercial Aviation Impact Of The Year 2000 Open Skies Agreements Between The United States And African Countries With Longstanding Flights, Tyler B. Spence, Micah Walala, Richard O. Fanjoy Jan 2015

Assessing The Commercial Aviation Impact Of The Year 2000 Open Skies Agreements Between The United States And African Countries With Longstanding Flights, Tyler B. Spence, Micah Walala, Richard O. Fanjoy

Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference

The U.S. started a comprehensive campaign towards Open Skies agreement in 1992. The major benefits of Open sky agreement are reported to include increase of passenger and cargo volume between partners. This study analyzes passenger traffic and cargo volume between six African countries that have had commercial aviation with the U.S. since 1990 to 2014, and with direct flights between them. Two of the countries have had no Open Skies agreement with the U.S., while four have had Open Skies agreement beginning in 2000. A multi linear modeling process was applied on the two categories to determine whether there is …