Is re-regulation the way out for the US?

In almost every Laurel and Hardy movie the comes a moment when Oliver glares at a usually weepy Stan and says something like, “Now look the mess you’ve gotten us into.” While it is clear to all US aviation stakeholders and travelers that there is a mess, there is, alas, no particular “Stan” to take the rap. Consolidation, the next big thing, is causing a new and different type of angst in the market, with unions and legislators discussing the need for some sort of re-regulation in order to shore-up the current players and, arguably, return them to consistent profitability. Despite the flurry of consumer-related regulation already in place, this would be a massive u-turn for a country which gave the world deregulation, as CAPA investigates. [2707 words]

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This report contains the following subheadings:

• Coming off bad times, maybe
• The industry's problems are not all external
• New operational models following deregulation
• All those people! Deregulation = growth. But infrastructure missed the revolution
• One Example: The fall and rise of JFK
• Southwest arrives under the radar
• 2010 and deregulation is under the spotlight
• Unique factors
• Is re-regulation really the solution?
• The hope-y part

This report contains the following charts and tables:

• Operating fleets for Selected Airline/Years
• Primary Fleets: USA, Europe, South/East Asia