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40 years after deregulation, remaining challenges for airlines and public policy

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Introduction and remarks

Panel Discussion and Q&A: What's left undone? Regulation and competition in today's airline industry
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Keynote: The future of airlines in a semi-deregulated world
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Keynote: The future of airlines in a semi-deregulated world

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Airline Deregulation Act, which removed U.S. federal government control over fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines. This act led to lower fares, the creation of new airlines and the collapse of established ones, adoption of new aircraft, and radical changes in routes and service. What were the successes and challenges that came from this Act, and what challenges remain today?

On October 30, Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets convened an event to explore the current state of airline industry regulation and competition. MIT Economics professor Nancy Rose introduced the event, and a panel of experts then discuss the history of deregulation and the changes that followed. Former Delta and northwest CEO and current Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson gave a keynote address highlighting positive changes in the industry post deregulation and examining regulatory issues in the industry, and engaged in a conversation with Brookings Guest Scholar Joshua Gotbaum. Event participants took questions from the audience.

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Introduction and remarks

Forty years of airline deregulation: Successes and surprises

Nancy L. Rose

Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Panel Discussion and Q&A

What's left undone? Regulation and competition in today's airline industry

Nancy L. Rose

Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dorothy Robyn

Senior Fellow - Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability

Kathy O’Neill

Chief - Department of Justice Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture

Keynote

The future of airlines in a semi-deregulated world

Fireside Chat

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