June 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

June 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data  

News Digest DOT 111-16

DOT Finalizes its Haneda Selections.  The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today finalized its July 20th tentative decision providing for new, more favorable daytime services to Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport (HND).  The selected carriers and cities are American Airlines at Los...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Arrives in Cuba on First Scheduled Flight in Over 50 Years

DOT Announces Final Selection of U.S. Airlines and Cities for New Service to Havana

HAVANA – As part of the Obama Administration’s historic effort to normalize relations with Cuba, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today arrived in Cuba on the first scheduled flight...

Fact Sheet - DOT Issues Final Order for U.S.-Cuba Service to Havana

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines Fined for Providing Inaccurate Information about Bumping Compensation, Baggage Liability

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines for providing inaccurate information to passengers about how much compensation they could potentially receive for being...

A New Era for U.S-Mexico Travel, Trade as Air Transport Agreement to Enters Into Force

Statement by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:

On Friday, July 22, 2016, the United States and Mexico exchanged diplomatic notes to bring our new Air Transport Agreement into force.  This landmark Agreement with one of our largest aviation...

May 2016 Complaints, Cancellations Down and On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year

WASHINGTON – In May, the U.S. Department of Transportation received 1,134 complaints about airline service from consumers, down 24.0 percent from the total of 1,492 filed in May 2015, but slightly up 1.07 percent from the 1,122 received in April 2016, according to the Air Travel Consumer...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Proposes U.S. Airlines and Cities for New Scheduled Service to Havana

WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration’s historic effort to normalize relations with Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to select eight U.S. airlines to begin scheduled flights between Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,...

Fact Sheet - DOT Issues Show Cause Order for U.S.-Cuba Service to Havana

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $5.15 Million in Grants for Local Air Service Development in Small Communities

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that $5.15 million in grants will go to nine small communities to help them improve local air service.

The grants will be provided through the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), which began in...