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Hawaiian Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for January 2020
Hawaiian Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for January 2020
Statement by DOT Chief of Staff Laura Schiller
This morning, a member of Secretary Pete Buttigieg's security detail tested positive for COVID-19. The agent had been in close contact, as defined by the CDC, with Secretary Buttigieg, including this morning prior to the agent’s positive result. In addition to the agent,...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Highlights Biden Administration’s Support for Transportation Workers and Additional COVID-19 Relief Funding
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with Amtrak and transit officials as well as front line transit and rail workers at Union Station, where he discussed the importance of the recently announced federal mask requirements for public transportation employees and users...Air Travel Consumer Report: November 2020 Airline Complaint Data
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its updated January 2021 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR), which includes airline consumer complaint data for November 2020. The previous version of this report excluded this data due to additional time needed to review and...
DOT Onboard Demographics, January FY 2021
This spreadsheet provides onboard statistics for January, FY 2021. Demographics are particularly useful to managers in the workforce planning process. This data is also used by Congressional staffers and others who have an interest in the size and makeup of the federal workforce, and...
Accommodation by Carriers of Persons with Disabilities Who Are Unable to Wear or Safely Wear Masks While on Commercial Aircraft - Notice of Enforcement Policy
The Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP), a unit within the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is issuing this Notice of Enforcement Policy to remind U.S. and foreign air carriers of their legal obligation to accommodate the needs of passengers with...
DBE/ACDBE Size Standards
The Department of Transportation issued a final rule on December 14, 2020 for the Department to make an annual inflationary adjustment to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program’s business size limit (business size standard/gross receipts cap) on small...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Additional Biden Appointees Ready to Work on Behalf of the American People
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced additional key members of its U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) team who are joining the Department this week. This diverse and experienced group will join with USDOT civil servants and other appointees already hard at work on...
Abraham Gutnicki v. United Airlines and Scott J. Reiners v. United Airlines Order of Dismissal 2021-1-6
This order concerns two third-party complaints filed by Abraham Gutnicki and Scott J. Reiners against United Airlines. We have consolidated these complaints for disposition.