U.S. Department of Transportation Fines Asiana Airlines for Not Adhering to Family Assistance Plan Following Crash

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that Asiana Airlines, an airline based in the Republic of Korea, violated federal law last July by failing to adhere to the assurances in its family assistance plan following the crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco...

FMCSA Shuts Down Georgia-based Bus Company for Failing to Ensure Vehicle and Driver Safety, Endangering the Traveling Public

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Atlanta-based STSC Transportation Services, Inc., USDOT No. 2350604, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering...

Asiana Airlines, Inc. 2014-2-20

Global Target International Inc., d/b/a GTS Globotours Order 2014-2-14

JetBlue Airways Corporation Order 2014-2-9

U.S. Department of Transportation Declares Illinois Long-Haul Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Illinois-licensed truck driver Renato V. Velasquez to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce...

PHMSA’s Ongoing Bakken Investigation Shows Crude Oil Lacking Proper Testing, Classification

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Issues Proposed Civil Penalties to Three Companies

WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced the first results from its 2013 investigation into the...

Qantas Airways Limited 2014-1-11

This consent order concerns violations by Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) of 14 CFR Part 259 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712. Specifically, the carrier failed to inform passengers on a flight delayed for a period at the gate with the door open that they had the opportunity to deplane as required under Part...

DOT Fines Ticket Agent Vayama for Violating Price Advertising Rule

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined ticket agent Airtrade International, doing business as Vayama, $80,000 for violating DOT’s unfair and deceptive trade practices rule by advertising fares that failed to distinguish between government taxes and fees and charges...

Airtrade International, Inc., d/b/a Vayama 2014-1-9

This consent order concerns Internet advertisements by Airtrade International, Inc., d/b/a Vayama (Vayama) that violate the Department’s fullfare advertising rule, 14 CFR 399.84(a), and constitute a prohibited unfair and deceptive practice under 49 U.S.C. § 41712.

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