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About this Document US International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report for September 2012
The U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics report has been developed to provide the public with additional access to international aviation data. The report is...
April 2013 Air Travel Consumer Report
This consent order concerns violations by Caribbean Airlines Limited (Caribbean) of 14 CFR Part 259 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712. Specifically, the carrier failed to adhere to the assurances in its contingency plan for lengthy tarmac delays that the carrier (1) would not allow an aircraft to remain on...
On March 15, 2012, Michael Gurevich and Elena Gurevich (the Complainants) filed a third-party complaint under 14 CFR 302.401 against Compagnia Aerea Italiana, S.p.A., (Alitalia) alleging that the carrier violated its contract of carriage when it denied compensation to the petitioners in a...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reached the decision that 149 federal contract towers will close beginning April 7 as part of the agency’s sequestration implementation plan. The agency has made the decision to keep 24 federal contract...
This consent order concerns the unauthorized operation of flights between Alexandria, Louisiana and Islamabad, Pakistan, and Atlanta, Georgia and Cairo, Egypt, by Air Luxor, S.A. (Air Luxor), a carrier holding exemption authority, that constitute violations of 49 U.S.C. §§...