Under new name of Airlines for America, nation’s largest carriers lose unilateral ability to stop actions, CEO gets more authority The Air Transport Association reorganization announced Nov. 30 includes higher dues from member airlines, the elimination of veto power held by the major carriers and a strengthened CEO role for Nick Calio. “We concentrated the power and the authority in the CEO and we revised the dues process to make it a little more equitable, but to give it the kind of funding that it needs,” Delta CEO Richard Anderson, chairman of the association, told CEO Update. He spoke prior to a Capitol Hill reception attended by more than 100 airline CEOs, trade… Read More