Aviation Law
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Maalouf Ashford has one of the most preeminent Aviation Law practices in the world. Our clients include U.S., EU, MENA and China based airlines, tour operators, carrier and manufacturer associations, aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturers, and other companies with aviation interests. Our Aviation Practice centers on regulatory, legislative, administrative, enforcement, business aircraft transactions, and litigation matters. Working with lawyers in other specialties at our firm, as well as economists and experienced trade professionals, our aviation-related practice also includes antitrust, bankruptcy, contracts, customs, export control, financing, immigration, labor and employment, tax, and trade work.
Our regulatory work focuses primarily on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as issues such as airline alliances, airport access, antitrust immunity, business aviation, essential air service, computer reservation systems, certification and licensing, competition, enforcement, flight operations, hazardous materials, mergers and acquisitions, route authority, and safety. We also represent clients before other federal departments and agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, State and Treasury, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Postal Service. In addition, we work often with the U.S. Department of State as well as with governments of several different countries other on bilateral and multilateral aviation issues and serve as an advisor in international negotiations.
Our business aviation practice encompasses the full range of transactional and regulatory issues affecting corporate aircraft owners and operators. We advise individuals, as well as large and small businesses, both foreign and domestic, in aircraft sale, purchase, lease, fractional ownership, management, and finance transactions. Our lawyers have advised clients developing fractional ownership programs and acquiring or financing aircraft interests in such programs. We provide advice on FAA, DOT, and income and excise tax issues affecting aircraft operations and corporate flight departments. We also assist our clients in structuring their aircraft operations to comply with applicable FAA, DOT, and IRS requirements. In addition, we have represented pilots and others in FAA enforcement actions and NTSB appeals.
We also have engaged extensively in airport access litigation and appellate work on a variety of administrative agency decisions. This includes FAA enforcement actions against airlines and certificated persons, appeals to the NTSB, and challenges to agency rulemaking. In the legislative field, we assist clients in achieving their objectives by furnishing assistance in drafting legislation and testimony on issues such as airline regulation, foreign investment in airlines, airport access, and slot regulation.
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Maalouf Ashford has one of the most preeminent Aviation Law practices in the world. Our clients include U.S., EU, MENA and China based airlines, tour operators, carrier and manufacturer associations, aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturers, and other companies with aviation interests. Our Aviation Practice centers on regulatory, legislative, administrative, enforcement, business aircraft transactions, and litigation matters. Working with lawyers in other specialties at our firm, as well as economists and experienced trade professionals, our aviation-related practice also includes antitrust, bankruptcy, contracts, customs, export control, financing, immigration, labor and employment, tax, and trade work.
Our regulatory work focuses primarily on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as issues such as airline alliances, airport access, antitrust immunity, business aviation, essential air service, computer reservation systems, certification and licensing, competition, enforcement, flight operations, hazardous materials, mergers and acquisitions, route authority, and safety. We also represent clients before other federal departments and agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, State and Treasury, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Postal Service. In addition, we work often with the U.S. Department of State as well as with governments of several different countries other on bilateral and multilateral aviation issues and serve as an advisor in international negotiations.
Our business aviation practice encompasses the full range of transactional and regulatory issues affecting corporate aircraft owners and operators. We advise individuals, as well as large and small businesses, both foreign and domestic, in aircraft sale, purchase, lease, fractional ownership, management, and finance transactions. Our lawyers have advised clients developing fractional ownership programs and acquiring or financing aircraft interests in such programs. We provide advice on FAA, DOT, and income and excise tax issues affecting aircraft operations and corporate flight departments. We also assist our clients in structuring their aircraft operations to comply with applicable FAA, DOT, and IRS requirements. In addition, we have represented pilots and others in FAA enforcement actions and NTSB appeals.
We also have engaged extensively in airport access litigation and appellate work on a variety of administrative agency decisions. This includes FAA enforcement actions against airlines and certificated persons, appeals to the NTSB, and challenges to agency rulemaking. In the legislative field, we assist clients in achieving their objectives by furnishing assistance in drafting legislation and testimony on issues such as airline regulation, foreign investment in airlines, airport access, and slot regulation.