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Aviation Consumer Protection

2013 Inflation adjustment to domestic baggage liability limit

*** As part of a continuing effort to ensure that guidance issued by the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) is up to date, this webpage and document has been placed in archived status. Continued reliance on this page is not advised. ***

In accordance with existing...

Clarification of Guidance on Public Charter Operations and Prospectuses

On November 13, 2012, the Department’s Office of International Aviation and Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings issued a joint notice regarding future filings under 14 CFR Part 380, the Department’s rule on public charters and enforcement policy under those rules. That...

Service Animal Guidance

This notice publishes a revision to the Department of Transportation’s Guidance Concerning Service Animals in Air Transportation, originally published in the Federal Register on November 1, 1996 (61 FR 56409, 56420).  It is the result of the Department’s review of a September 19, 2002,...

Air Carrier Liability Insurance: Notice to DOT

Part 205 of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s regulations (14 CFR 205) provides that no U.S. or foreign direct air carrier may engage in air transportation between or to or from points in the United States unless it has in effect aircraft accident liability insurance coverage meeting the...

Reporting of Disability-Related Air Travel Complaints

This document requires most  certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating to and from the U.S. that conduct passenger-carrying service to record and categorize complaints that they receive alleging inadequate accessibility or discrimination on the basis of disability...