To Promote Competition, USDOT Proposes New Opportunity for Low- or Ultra-Low Cost Carrier to Serve Newark-Liberty International Airport

Washington - Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued a notice to the Federal Register of its intention to identify a single low-cost or ultra-low cost carrier to operate 16 peak afternoon and evening runway timings at Newark-Liberty International Airport (EWR). The action...

Airline Quarterly Financial Review - National Passenger Group Carriers: First Quarter 2021

Airline Quarterly Financial Review – U.S. Major Group Carriers: First Quarter 2021

Subsidized Essential Air Service Communities and Distances to Nearest Hubs (2021)

U.S. DOT Announces First Round of Recipients of Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program Funding

New Program Created by the American Rescue Plan is Estimated to Save Tens of Thousands of U.S. Jobs, Many of Them at Manufacturers with Fewer than 100 Employees

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that it will offer $482.3...

USDOT Details Efforts to Secure Refunds for American Families For Flights Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is releasing a report on its work to address failures of airlines to provide timely refunds for flights cancelled or significantly changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report was mandated by President Biden’s Executive Order on...

DOT Report on Airline Ticket Refunds

This report responds to the requirement in section 5, paragraph(m)(i)(C) of Executive Order 14036 on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to describe the Department’s progress in its investigatory and enforcement activities to address the failure of airlines to provide timely refunds...

ACAA Advisory Committee Meeting - September 2021 Meeting Agenda

Meeting agenda for the September 2021 Meeting of the ACAA Advisory Committee

August 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report

The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines.

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Second Meeting: September 2, 8, and 9, 2021

The second meeting of the ACAA Advisory Committee was held virtually on September 2, 8 and 9, 2021. 

During the meeting, the ACAA Advisory Committee continued its discussion of the draft Airline Passenger with Disabilities Bill of Rights and deliberated over...