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The Department of Transportation is issuing a final rule to enhance airline passenger protections in the following ways: by requiring air carriers to adopt contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays and to publish those plans on their websites; by requiring air carriers to respond...
The FAA Summer Employment Initiative is designed to attract talented students to the workforce for summer employment opportunities into entry-level positions and provide positive work and developmental experience.
This consent order concerns violations by Swift Jet, Inc., (Swift Jet) of 14 CFR 212.9(b), the Department’s prior authorization requirement rule for foreign air carriers.
It directs Swift Jet to cease and desist from future violations of those provisions and assesses the carrier a...
This consent order concerns unlawful conduct by Private Air, Inc., (Private Air) in which the company held itself out as a direct air carrier,1 when it was not, and engaged in foreign air transportation as an indirect air carrier2 without the economic authority to do so, in contravention of 49 U...
This order concerns violations by Frontier Airlines, Inc., (Frontier) of the requirements of 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382), the Department of Transportation’s (Department) regulation implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), 49 U.S.C. § 41705, with respect to its transportation of an...
This consent order concerns facilitation by Pilatus PC-12 Centre Canada, Inc., (PCC) (formerly V. Kelner Pilatus Center, Inc., (VKPC)), a direct air carrier,1 of unlawful conduct by Private Air, Inc., (Private Air), an indirect air carrier,2 involving the marketing, sale, and operation of...
The purpose of this notice is to clarify the obligation of airlines under section 145 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (“Act”) to provide transportation to passengers of airlines that have ceased operations due to insolvency or bankruptcy. (P.L. 107-71, 115 Stat. 645 (...
The Department issued a notice on August 8, 2002, providing guidance for airlines and the traveling public regarding the obligation of airlines under section 145 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (“Act”) to transport passengers of airlines that have ceased operations due to...
On November 14, 2002, the Department of Transportation issued a notice providing guidance for airlines and the traveling public regarding the obligation of airlines under section 145 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, P.L. 107-71, 115 Stat. 645 (November 19, 2001) (“Act”), to...
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 requires covered U.S. carriers and U.S. airports to submit to the Secretary of Transportation for review and approval tarmac delay contingency plans on or before May 14, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement...