April 2013 Air Travel Consumer Report

BTS Releases Summary 2012 Traffic Data for U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines’ U.S. Flights; Total Passengers Increased 1.3% from 2011

Total Passengers on U.S Airlines and Foreign Airlines U.S. Flights Increased 1.3% in 2012 from 2011

Caribbean Airlines Limited 2013-3-15

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...

Alitalia 2013-3-12

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...

BTS Releases January Passenger Airline Employment Data; January 2013 Employment Down 2.3 Percent from January 2012

BTS Releases January Passenger Airline Employment Data;January 2013 Employment Down 2.3 Percent from January 2012

FAA Makes Tower Closing Decision

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...

Air Luxor, S.A. 2002-11-18

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. §§...

Aviation Ventures, Inc., doing business as Vision Air 2002-7-30

This consent order concerns unauthorized holding out and operations by Aviation Ventures, Inc., doing business as Vision Air ("Vision Air"), as a commuter carrier conducting daily scheduled air transportation service.

SportsJet, LLC 2003-12-23

Enforcement and Proceedings (Enforcement Office) alleges constituted operations in common carriage without the requisite economic authority from the Department. SportsJet is an operator of commercial services with large aircraft operated pursuant to 14 CFR Part 125.

March 2013 Air Travel Consumer Report

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