After two foreign-territory crashes and a resulting 21-month-plus forced grounding, the Boeing 737 MAX returned to the U.S. skies on December 29, 2020, which followed authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration...more
The tech explosion in West Coast cosmopolitan areas has exacerbated homelessness in the region, prompting state and local governments to enact or at least propose new taxes on large metropolitan businesses....more
2/5/2020
/ Aerospace ,
Airlines ,
Excise Tax ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Planning ,
Homeless Issues ,
Local Taxes ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Payroll Taxes ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Liability
The process for approving changes in airport operations and development projects may now be more complicated, time-consuming, expensive and uncertain, due to a new federal appeals court decision. The decision faults the...more
12/9/2019
/ Airports ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Aviation Industry ,
Business Expansion ,
Categorical Exclusions ,
Construction Project ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Environmental Review ,
Exemptions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Impact Assessments ,
NEPA ,
Real Estate Development ,
Remand
When airports need more money to operate and grow, their natural prey for cash are airlines and their passengers, general aviation and concessions....more