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CARES Act Air Service Exemption for United Airlines

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on the third request from United Airlines for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2.  After the Department denied its previous requests for limited relief to Sun Valley, Idaho, United...

Show Cause Order Issued May 22, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a show-cause order pursuant to the Notice of Adjustments to Service Obligations issued May 12, 2020.  This order tentatively grants exemptions to 15 Covered Carriers from the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (the CARES...

Air Travel Consumer Report: March 2020 and 1st Quarter 2020 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its May 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of March 2020.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to...