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USDOT Reports Airfares Were 2% Cheaper In March
However, Frontier Airlines, for example, warned investors about industry-wide fare discounts and promotions in March.
USDOT Chief Says No "Safety-Critical" Jobs Cut At FAA
Sean Duffy made his comments in response to a statement that cuts at the FAA had weakened the safety of air travel.
This Carrier Was Ranked As America's Worst Airline Last Year
According to the DOT, Frontier Airlines averaged 33 complaints per 100,000 passengers.
US Airline Employment Still Near 24-Year High Despite 5,188 Jobs Lost In January
The data was released just before layoffs at Southwest Airlines.
USDOT Secretary Duffy Tours Boeing Factory
Duffy asserted that Boeing has yet to produce 38 737 MAXs per month, indicating that the FAA is not ready to lift the cu...
Court Order: 132 FAA Employees Summarily Fired By DOGE On Valentine's Day Will Return To Work
The 132 FAA employees will also receive back pay for the time that they were fired from the agency.
Government Watchdog Urges Investigation Into "Conflict Of Interest" Between The FAA & Starlink
In a letter to DOT's Inspector General, the watchdog group said "the FAA's business relationship with Starlink is tainte...
USDOT Secretary Reveals Plan To Increase Hiring Of Air Traffic Controllers
The Transportation Department announced a plan to speed up air traffic controller hiring, cut recruitment time, and rais...
USDOT Accepts American Airlines' New Flagship Suite Armrest As In Compliance With ACAA
The FAA has yet to certify the Flaghship Suites on the Airbus A321XLR.
USDOT Approves IAG's LEVEL To Fly To The US: Codeshare With Iberia
The DOT approved LEVEL's independent and codeshare flights to the US.
USDOT Secretary Says Pilots Should Lose Their Licenses If At Fault For Accidents
Sean Duffy also asserted that in the majority, but not all, recent incidents, there is some pilot error involved.
Starlink Vies For Verizon's $2.4 Billion US Air Traffic Control Communications Contract
The development suggests an egregious conflict of interest between Elon Musk, SpaceX, the FAA, and the current Trump adm...
US Congress Schedules Hearing On Air Traffic Control
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) hearing will take place on March 5.
USDOT Will Not Enforce Airline Passenger Disability Protections Pending Review
USDOT will postpone taking enforcement action until next month.
Delta & United Appeal To USDOT For Flexibility On South African Routes
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines emphasized that this will not result in additional frequencies between the US and So...
Spirit Airlines Brings Back Change Fees On "Go" Fares
In late January, a judge ruled that the DOT's fee disclosure rule would be suspended until the DOT made the necessary ch...
Senator Questions Deputy USDOT Secretary Nominee On SMS Decision After Fatal 737 MAX Crash
Maria Cantwell also alleged that Steven Bradbury's office interfered with the Committee's investigation of the two fatal...
US Airlines Sue To Reverse USDOT Rule On Wheelchair Damage
Several of the country's major carriers have teamed up with Airlines For America in an attempt to reverse the rule.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Team Will Visit FAA Air Traffic Control Command Center
Both Sean Duffy and Elon Musk said that SpaceX, and not the DOGE, will visit the FAA's center in Virginia.
USDOT Will Audit FAA Flight Delay Data To Evaluate National Airspace System
The goals are to assess FAA’s ability to analyze delay data, identify inefficiencies in NAS and implement corrective mea...