Airlines are accusing some of the major airports in Australia and New Zealand of ratcheting up fees unfairly, and they are criticizing the governments of the two countries for not reining in these airports' pricing practices. Reflecting similar arguments around the world, local airlines say that fee hikes highlight the fact that regulators need to take a firmer line with airports. Now, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has stepped up its own calls for the two governments to intervene more directly in airport disputes.

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ATR estimates airlines will buy 1,340 turboprop airliners with 90 seats during the next 20 years, which sounds like a good market. But it could be a cramped one. If all five of the aircraft proposed for the segment go ahead, each will average a production run of fewer than 300.

While Aviation Week's annual Top-Performing Airlines (TPA) study is the most extensive comparison of global airline strength, there is still one type of carrier that it does not include. The study only covers publicly traded companies, which means the TPA rankings exclude the large Middle Eastern carriers such as Emirates. So Aviation Week has run a separate analysis of Emirates to estimate where it might fit in the rankings if it did meet our criteria.

Earl L. Wiener, known to many as a founding father of aviation human factors, died on June 14 at his home in Menlo Park, Calif., after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 80.