News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
This report provides a summary and the status for all significant rulemakings that DOT currently has pending or has issued recently. We update the Report at the beginning of each month. The information in the Report is not intended to commit DOT to specific conclusions or actions. For...
News Digest
Statement of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in its ongoing effort to ensure equal access to air transportation for all travelers, today proposed a regulation that would require airlines to make their websites accessible to individuals with disabilities and ensure that their ticket agents do the...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined the online ticket agent Lowestfare.com, LLC $50,000 for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action is part of the Department’s effort to ensure that...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Amadeus, a global distribution system (GDS), $95,000 for providing software to travel agencies that resulted in their websites failing to disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Amadeus...
Transportation and energy ministers from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region today agreed to continue progress on initiatives to make transportation in the region cleaner and more energy-efficient, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today...