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 Online version is free! Check the RAA publications page for updates and catch up on past editions!
Latest regional airline statistics- % of regional share can be found here!
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RAA presents at UAA Conference!
For the first time, RAA participated in the University Aviation Association Fall Education Conference this week in Indianapolis. Senior Vice President-Operations and Safety Scott Foose gave his perspective on the importance of "Educating Tomorrow's Aviation Professionals" during the Opening General Session. The panel discussion also featured RAA Airline Member Wayne Heller, Executive Vice President and COO of Republic Airways Holdings.
Click here to view Scott's presentation.
Learn more about the RAA Scholarship Program!
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To: Friends of RAA
Stay tuned for a new and improved monthly membership update featuring an expanded industry news section! As we begin to revamp our monthly communications, we hope you will take the time to tell us what is most important to you.
Special welcome to our new RAA associate members:
Dr. Hans Van Dongen, Research Professor with the Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center, provides an update on the next phase of the ground-breaking pilot fatigue study undertaken by RAA.  | | Dr Hans Van Dongen |
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RAA in the News and on The Hill
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Aviation Industry Coalition Sends Unified Message to Congress
A united aviation industry coalition of nearly 30 organizations is opposing proposed tax increases, which would lead to significant job loss across all sectors of the industry and the nation. As part of its debt-reduction plan, the White House is proposing - and the Congressional Super Committee is now considering - two new initiatives on airlines and their passengers and general aviation. The first would add a new $100 departure tax - disguised as a fee - to all flights, and the second would double the existing passenger security tax to $5 per one-way trip in 2012, and triple the tax to $7.50 by 2017. The coalition of airlines, general aviation, manufacturers, consumer organizations and labor groups is sending a unified message to Congress to reject the proposed taxes. Read more.
Article: RAA in the News: Airlines Balk at Tax Proposal - Wall Street Journal
Airlines are expressing alarm over an Obama administration proposal to help cut the federal deficit by imposing a new tax on aviation and raising another. Carriers, airline labor unions, private pilots, corporate-jet builders and a host of other groups are lobbying hard to make the case to Congress that their barely profitable industry is being unfairly singled out. "The airline industry is an easy target," said Richard Anderson, chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc. "Perhaps there's a sense in Washington that wealthy people fly. But over the past 20 to 30 years, flying in the U.S. has been a very middle-class activity." The administration says fees assessed on travelers cover less than half the costs of beefed-up security at airports. Officials also say that small private jets need to shoulder more of the burden of the air-traffic-control system. Read more.
RAA, Aviation Community Support House Measure Blocking EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Download the press release.
RAA joined 11 trade and industry associations today to support HR 2594.
We write to urge you to support HR 2594, "The European Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011." This legislation prohibits U.S. aviation operators from complying with the application of the European Union's emissions trading scheme to international aviation because the scheme violates U.S. sovereignty, international law and the Chicago Convention. The EU ETS is opposed by the Obama Administration, aviation trade associations, airlines and other operators, travel service providers, manufacturers, labor unions, a bipartisan coalition in both bodies of Congress, and numerous foreign governments. Read more.
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Join us in Memphis! December 5-7
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Read the RAA announcement with links to all details.
RAA will hold the Fall/Winter Board of Directors meeting in conjunction with a new meeting co-hosted by AAAE.
RAA Airline members, please download this form to register to attend. Associate members (non-airlines) should register on the main event site. For information regarding the first AAAE/RAA Airport and Regional Airline Executive Summit, please visit the event
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RAA Industry Statistics has a new look and feel as well as the latest industry statistics from the 2011 Annual Report. Additionally, quarterly fact sheets and a detailed EAS page will be coming soon!
RAA Publications has been revamped to showcase different RAA publications by type instead of just by year.
RAA Staff page with contact information now available!
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If you were not in Nashville, here is a taste of what you missed!  | | RAA 2011 Annual Convention in Nashville |
Countdown to Minneapolis 2012!
 RAA is excited to unveil a new, live floor-plan for the 2012 Exhibit Hall.
- Easy "Printer friendly" setting
- Updated in real-time
- Easy navigation by clicking either booth location or company name
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| About Regional Airline Association
With safety as its highest priority, RAA represents North American regional airlines, and the manufacturers of products and services supporting the regional airline industry, before the Congress, DOT, FAA and other federal agencies.
With more than 13,000 regional airline flights every day, regional airlines operate over 50 percent of the nation's commercial schedule. Some 160 million passengers annually -- more than one of every five domestic airline passengers -- travel on regionals, and the more than 2,700 regional aircraft comprise about nearly 40 percent of the US commercial passenger fleet. Most notably, regional airlines serve 631 communities across the country and in 492 of those communities -- 75 percent of the US - - regional airlines provide the only scheduled service.
Founded in 1975, Washington, DC-based RAA also provides a wide array of technical, government relations and public relations services for regional airlines. The association's 30 member airlines and 200 associate members represent the key decision makers of this vital sector of the commercial aviation industry.
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