WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today tentatively approved a proposal that would help modernize the marketing and sale of airline products by enabling all of the market players –airlines, travel agents, global distribution systems (GDSs), and consumers – to “speak the same...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today proposed new consumer protections for air travelers, building on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) previous passenger protection rules issued in December 2009 and April 2011. Today’s...
February 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 77.6 percent in March, down from the 79.8 percent on-time rate posted in March 2013, but up from the 70.7 percent on-time rate posted in February 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel...
4th-Quarter 2013 Domestic Air Fare Up 0.3% from 4th Quarter 2012 (Adjusted for Inflation)
February 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Up 0.4 Percent from February 2013
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...
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.
October 2013 U.S. Airline Systemwide Passengers Up 1.8 Percent from October 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Qantas Airways, an airline based in Australia, violated federal rules last March by not informing passengers on a delayed aircraft at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport that they had the opportunity to leave the...