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News Digest - DOT 91-17
DOT withdraws two proposed rulemakings. As part of the Administration’s effort to reduce regulation and control regulatory costs, today the U.S. Department of Transportation is withdrawing two notices of proposed rulemakings – (1) the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Ancillary Airline...
DOT Enters Agreements with Airlines to Increase Availability of Accessible Airport Kiosks and Accessible Airline Mobile Websites
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that it has reached agreements with Alaska Airlines/Virgin America and Spirit Airlines to expand greatly the availability of airport kiosks that will be accessible to individuals with disabilities. DOT also reached an...
March 2017 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
March 2017 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year, March 2017
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its June 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of April 2017. In April, DOT received 1,909 complaints about airline service from consumers, up 70.0 percent from the total of 1,123...
CORRECTED BTS Statistics Release: 2016 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights
CORRECTED BTS Statistics Release: 2016 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights
Flight Cancellations Down From Previous Year, January 2017
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its April 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of February 2017. The April report contains denied boarding (oversales) data for the October-December 2016 quarter, as airlines report...
U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes Disclosure of Customer-Specific Airline Baggage Fee Information Along with the Airfare
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to require airlines and ticket agents to disclose to consumers the fees for a first checked bag, a second checked bag, and a carry-on bag when providing airfare...
October 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
October 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
October 2016 Airline On-Time Performance Equal to September 2016, Slightly Down From October 2015
WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 85.5 percent in October 2016, equal to the 85.5 percent mark in September 2016, but slightly down from the 87.0 percent on-time rate in October 2015, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today.
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