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/office-policy/aviation-policy/alliance-monitoring-overviewU.S. air carriers are required to submit cooperative service agreements that they have with each other, such as reciprocal code sharing, joint frequent flyer and lounge access, and joint marketing, to the Department for review before...
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has taken over responsibility for compiling a rural airports list annually for the Treasury Department/IRS, which is used by airlines to assist in establishing air fares. For...
On March 20, 2026, the Department issued the Small Community Air Service Development Program's Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), making up to $12 million available for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, (utilizing FY 2024, and a portion of FY 2025 funding).
FY 2024 SCASDP NOFO...
The Airline Deregulation Act (ADA), passed in 1978, gave air carriers almost total freedom to determine which markets to serve domestically and what fares to charge for that service. The Essential Air Service (EAS) program was put into place to guarantee that small communities that were served...
The Department of Transportation’s public charter regulations (14 CFR Part 380) require all persons who wish to arrange public charter flights to first submit and obtain DOT acceptance of a charter prospectus. A charter prospectus comprises a set of documents in which the public...
Any airline of a foreign country that wants to to conduct commercial operations in foreign air transportation to/from the United States must obtain two authorizations from DOT:
Economic authority from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation Safety authority from the...Anyone who wants to provide air transportation service as an air carrier must first obtain two separate authorizations from the Department of Transportation:
Economic Authority from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (the Department) in the form of a certificate for interstate or...The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs carries a broad portfolio of responsibilities covering domestic and international aviation, international trade, and a range of other international cooperation and facilitation issues.
Most Popular...WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $130,000 against the Mexican airline Volaris for failing to inform consumers that they may have to pay baggage fees when buying a ticket on the carrier. This is the first penalty assessed for a...