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DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Game Ticket Scams. Air travelers going to Super Bowl XLIX this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 1 game in Glendale, Ariz. Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer protection...
November 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data
Lufthansa German Airlines 2015-1-17
Largest Civil Penalty Assessed Against a Carrier for Violating Tarmac Delay Rules
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Southwest Airlines violated federal rules involving lengthy tarmac delays last January. Southwest failed to offer passengers...
October 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
This consent order concerns violations by Southwest Airlines Co., (Southwest) of 14 CFR Part 259, the Department’s tarmac delay rule; 49 U.S.C. § 42301, which requires adherence to a carrier’s emergency contingency plan; and 49 U.S.C. § 41712, which prohibits unfair and...
WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines canceled 0.9 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in November, an improvement over both the 1.0 percent cancellation rate posted in November 2013 and the 1.1 percent rate in October 2014, according to the U.S. Department of...
Air Travel Consumer Reports for 2015
January 2015 Air Travel Consumer Report
WASHINGTON – To reach the next level of safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a final rule that requires most U.S. commercial airlines to have Safety Management Systems (SMS...