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1. COMMITTEE’S OFFICIAL DESIGNATION: The Committee’s official designation is the Advisory Committee on Accessible Air Transportation (ACCESS Advisory Committee).
2. AUTHORITY: The Committee is being established in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Air France, Lufthansa, and British Airways for not adequately responding to complaints filed by passengers with disabilities. Air France and Lufthansa were each fined $200,000 and British Airways was fined $150,000....
DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Game Ticket Scams. Air travelers going to Super Bowl 50 this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 7 game in Santa Clara, California. Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer...
WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.7 percent in November 2015, up from the 80.6 percent on-time rate in November 2014, but down from the 87.0 percent mark in October 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report...
Today’s motor vehicles are safer than they have ever been as automakers continue to invest in the development and implementation of innovative safety technologies and practices. Since the passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966, fatalities as a share of miles...
Notice to Colleges, Universities, and other Organizations Offering Flights to College Bowl Games and other Special Events
As a pediatrician, I have dedicated my life to the health and wellbeing of children. The children of the world are our future and our responsibility extends beyond just providing health care to ensuring that all facets of children’s lives are nurturing and safe. For wellbeing, every...
This letter is to inform Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) that we have concluded our investigation of Mr. Eldad Gatt’s complaint challenging KAC’s policies and practices toward passengers traveling on Israeli passports. We have reviewed KAC’s July 28, 2015, and August 29, 2015, letters in...
MARAD Announces New Exhaust Gas Scrubber Guide for Maritime Applications. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of the Fourth Edition of the “Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Selection Guide”. This edition provides ship owners and operators the latest information on...
WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first six months of this year were up 20.3 percent from the first six months of 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.
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