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This notice publishes a revision to the Department of Transportation’s Guidance Concerning Service Animals in Air Transportation, originally published in the Federal Register on November 1, 1996 (61 FR 56409, 56420). It is the result of the Department’s review of a September 19, 2002,...
Part 205 of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulations (14 CFR 205) provides that no U.S. or foreign direct air carrier may engage in air transportation between or to or from points in the United States unless it has in effect aircraft accident liability insurance coverage meeting the...
This document requires most certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating to and from the U.S. that conduct passenger-carrying service to record and categorize complaints that they receive alleging inadequate accessibility or discrimination on the basis of disability...
The purpose of this notice is to provide guidance regarding the lawful role of air charter brokers (i.e., entities, including persons, that link prospective charter customers with direct air carriers) in the provision of air transportation.1 This guidance will be used by the Office of the...
This notice is intended to provide guidance on two matters related to compliance with 14 CFR 399.84, the Department’s rule on full fare advertising, and the underlying statutory proscription in 49 U.S.C. § 41712 against unfair and deceptive trade practices. First, we address the disclosure in...
A July 8, 2003, final rule (68 FR 40488) requires, among other things, that certain certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers record disabilityrelated complaints and submit a summary report of those complaints annually to the Department.
A July 8, 2003, final rule (68 FR 40488) requires, among other things, that certain certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers record disabilityrelated complaints and submit a summary report of those complaints annually to the Department.
Request for Comments on Draft Clarification of November 2012 Guidance on Review and Approval of Public Charter Operations and Prospectuses
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is issuing a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to ensure that automated airport kiosks and air travel Web sites are accessible to air travelers with disabilities. The Department is proposing to require carriers (and airports, in the...
If your bag is lost, damaged, delayed or pilfered, the airline is free to invoke a limit on the settlement that it offers you.