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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that British Airways violated federal rules involving lengthy tarmac delays on two separate flights in November 2012. DOT fined British Airways $225,000 and ordered the airline to cease and desist from further...
Total Passengers on U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines Serving the U.S. Increased 1.3% in 2013 from 2012
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 67.7 percent in January, down from both the 81.0 percent on-time rate posted in January 2013 and the 68.9 percent on-time rate posted in December 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s...
December 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Up 6.1 Percent from December 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to approve United Airlines’ application to serve Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport from San Francisco, Calif.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Asiana Airlines, an airline based in the Republic of Korea, violated federal law last July by failing to adhere to the assurances in its family assistance plan following the crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco...
December 2013 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.3 Percent from December 2012
October 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Up 1.8 Percent from October 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined ticket agent Airtrade International, doing business as Vayama, $80,000 for violating DOT’s unfair and deceptive trade practices rule by advertising fares that failed to distinguish between government taxes and fees and charges...
WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during November were down 23.6 percent from November 2012 and down 11.9 percent from October 2013, according to the DOT’s Air Travel Consumer Report released...