ASTA called on Congress to “rise to the considerable challenge” and launch reforms that bring “some measure of good sense and accountability” to the air transportation system.

Lufthansa Systems today announced that easyJet, Europe’s fourth largest airline, will begin using Lido Operations Center (Lido OC), to plan all of its flight routings from October 2008.

Embraer today signed a contract with Trip for the sale of five Embraer 175 jets. The deal also includes options for ten more, plus purchase rights for another 15. The total value of the firm orders, at list price, is $167.5 million, and could go over $1 billion if all of the options and purchase rights are confirmed for the Embraer 175.

Vueling Airlines was advised of the purchase, by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lars Nygaard, of 10,000 Vueling shares at an average price of €6.79 per share. With this acquisition, made on June 10, Mr. Nygaard has made a total investment of €67,900.

The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines during the first three months of 2008 grew by 1.5 percent from the same period in 2007, reaching 181.1 million, 2.7 million more than a year earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

The Chamber of Deputies Commission of the Dominican Republic, which studies the concession contract between the Dominican government and the company Tourist Ports of the Caribbean, assured it will not allow the eviction of Bayahibe’s inhabitants or jeopardize the beach.