WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration today announced a total of $891 million in federal funding will be provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 12 transit infrastructure projects. The allocations of funding across the country will be used to...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Trump Administration announced millions of cloth facial coverings will be sent to workers in critical sectors of America’s economy. Approximately 15.5 million will be sent to the Nation’s transportation workforce.
“Transportation workers are...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued an Order finalizing procedures to distribute public charter flights between the United States and Havana, Cuba. The Order also grants an initial allocation of charters to the carriers Swift Air and World Atlantic Airlines for U.S.-...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) will provide up to a $120.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Oklahoma Turnpike...
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...
Alaska Airlines 2nd Exemption
Grant Aviation Exemption
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on two requests for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2. This is the first request of Grant Aviation and the...
Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson Appointed as Chair
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the appointment of 30 board members to the newly-formed Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB). Former U.S. Air...
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today published a...