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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined five online ticket agents for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action follows similar fines against two other agents and is part of the Department’s...
This consent order concerns violations by OpenSkies SAS (OpenSkies), a foreign air carrier, of the full fare advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84 and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices, 49 U.S.C. § 41712. It directs OpenSkies to cease and desist from...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today celebrated the opening of the new terminal at Peoria International Airport, paid for in part with $6.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
This consent order concerns violations by Airtrade International, Inc., (Airtrade) an online airline ticket agent, of the Department’s code-share disclosure rule, 14 CFR Part 257, and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices, 49 U.S.C. § 41712.
It directs Airtrade...
This consent order concerns air fare advertisements by Expedia, Inc. (Expedia), that failed to provide the full fare or adequate notice of additional taxes and fees with respect to certain sale fares in violation of the Department’s full-price advertising requirements, 14 CFR 399.84, and...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced new airline passenger protections that will require airlines to reimburse passengers for bag fees if their bags are lost, provide consumers involuntarily bumped from flights with greater compensation, expand the current ban on lengthy...
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt announced today that effective immediately the FAA will place an additional air traffic controller on the midnight shift at 27 control towers around the country that are currently staffed...
This consent order is the result of an investigation by the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (Enforcement Office) into the failure of AirTran Airways, Inc. (AirTran) to post flight delay information on its website in violation of 14 CFR Part 234...
This consent order concerns violations by Flythere4less.com (Flythere4less), an online airline ticket agent, of the Department’s code-share disclosure rule, 14 CFR Part 257, and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices, 49 U.S.C. § 41712.
It directs Flythere4less to...
The nation’s largest airlines reported no flights in February with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 60 flights in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).