WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A. (Copa) $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela via a stopover point. Copa was ordered to cease and desist from future similar violations....
This consent order concerns unauthorized foreign air transportation by Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A. (Copa) in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41301. This order directs Copa to cease and desist from future similar violations of section 41301, and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of...
Since March, Chinese government policy had blocked U.S. air carriers from resuming passenger service between the United States and China. Chinese air carriers continued to fly between the two countries. The United States responded with an order, effective June 16th, that would limit Chinese air...
Meeting Summary - First Meeting of the ACAA Advisory Committee - March 10-11, 2020
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on the third request from United Airlines for exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2. After the Department denied its previous requests for limited relief to Sun Valley, Idaho, United...
The U.S. Department of Transportation today issued a show-cause order pursuant to the Notice of Adjustments to Service Obligations issued May 12, 2020. This order tentatively grants exemptions to 15 Covered Carriers from the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (the CARES...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued an Order finalizing procedures to distribute public charter flights between the United States and Havana, Cuba. The Order also grants an initial allocation of charters to the carriers Swift Air and World Atlantic Airlines for U.S.-...