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Aviation Consumer Protection

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New Horizons: Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability

This guide is designed to offer travelers with disabilities a brief but authoritative source of information about the ACAA rule: the accommodations, facilities, and services that are required to be available. It also describes features required by other regulations designed to make air travel...

When Kids Fly Alone

There are no Department of Transportation regulations concerning travel by these “unaccompanied minors,” but the airlines have specific procedures to protect the well-being of youngsters flying by themselves. This booklet summarizes some of the most common airline policies. These policies may...

Fly Rights

A Consumer Guide to Air Travel CONTENTS Air Fares Schedules and Tickets Delayed and Canceled Flights Overbooking Baggage Smoking Passengers with Disabilities Frequent-Flyer Programs Contract Terms Travel Scams To Your Health Airline Safety and Security Complaining...

Pakistan International Airlines Corporation 2012-9-21

This consent order concerns violations of 14 CFR Part 259 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712 involving the failure of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIA) to adhere to the assurances in its contingency plan for lengthy tarmac delays that the carrier would not permit an international flight to...

Airline Consumer Contacts

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires airlines to provide information on their website about how to file complaints with the airline electronically and by postal mail. 

Alaska Airlines

www.alaskaair.com/feedback

Alaska Airlines P.O. Box 68900...

Air Travelers: Tell It to the Judge

Sound familiar? Unfortunately, this consumer is not alone in his frustration. Most people at one time or another feel cheated, confused and helpless. Now, however, when nothing else seems to work, thousands of people without legal training are turning to small claims courts to get results.