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U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Approves U.S. Airlines To Begin Scheduled Service to Cuba
WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cuba as early...
2015 Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year
WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during 2015 were up 29.8 percent from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
For all of last year, the Department received 20...
November 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data
November 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data
United Fined for Violating Airline Disability, Tarmac Delay Rules
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined United Airlines $2.75 million for violating the Department’s rules protecting air travelers with disabilities and for violating the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays. The airline...
October 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data
October 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data
October Airline On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, Month
WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 87.0 percent in October 2015, up from both the 80.0 percent on-time rate in October 2014 and the 86.5 percent mark in September 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report...
DOT Allows Delta to Keep the Seattle-Haneda Route Provided That It Operates Daily Service Year-Round
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its decision to permit Delta Air Lines to retain its authority to provide daily service between Seattle, Washington and Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport, but subject to conditions designed to ensure that Delta...
Airlines Report Sixteen Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, Eight Tarmac Delays Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in February
WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 16 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and eight tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in February, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. Nine of the...
On-Time Performance Up from Previous Year, December 2014
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.8 percent in January, up from both the 67.7 percent on-time rate in January 2014 and the 75.3 percent mark in December 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer...