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Short Statement: The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order today requiring Indian air carriers to apply to the Department for statements of authorization prior to conducting charter flights. The Department is taking this action because the Government of India is engaging in...
This spreadsheet provides onboard statistics for May, FY 2020. 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 by...
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is acting on a request from Sun Country for an exemption from the CARES Act airline service obligations announced in Order 2020-4-2. Sun Country is requesting that the Department grant it an extension from June 22 through September 30, 2020,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order today disapproving future schedules that Chinese carriers have filed with the Department over the past several weeks pursuant to our original May 22nd Order. This order is effectively an administrative action designed to maintain the...
This order concerns the failure of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”) to comply with the Department’s oversales rule, 14 CFR Part 250. This order also concerns Spirit’s policy that resulted in the misclassification and misreporting of certain passengers who were involuntarily denied boarding as...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Spirit Airlines $350,000 for violating federal rules protecting passengers who are denied boarding (“bumped”) on oversold flights, and for not providing accurate reporting of passengers denied boarding. The airline was also...
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...