BTS Statistics Release: September 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.3 percent more workers in September 2016 than in September 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. September was the highest monthly total (414,591) since July 2005 (414.923) and was...

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November 2016 Air Travel Consumer Report

November 2016 Air Travel Consumer Report

United Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for September 2016

United Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for September 2016

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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $338.5 Million Loan to Expand Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau will provide a $338.5 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to finance the construction of a new tunnel  at...