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USDOT Reports Airfares Were 2% Cheaper In March

USDOT Reports Airfares Were 2% Cheaper In March

However, Frontier Airlines, for example, warned investors about industry-wide fare discounts and promotions in March.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Chief Says No "Safety-Critical" Jobs Cut At FAA

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
This Carrier Was Ranked As America's Worst Airline Last Year

This Carrier Was Ranked As America's Worst Airline Last Year

According to the DOT, Frontier Airlines averaged 33 complaints per 100,000 passengers.

Sydney Orpano 1 year ago
US Airline Employment Still Near 24-Year High Despite 5,188 Jobs Lost In January

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Secretary Duffy Tours Boeing Factory

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...

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
Court Order: 132 FAA Employees Summarily Fired By DOGE On Valentine's Day Will Return To Work

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
Government Watchdog Urges Investigation Into "Conflict Of Interest" Between The FAA & Starlink

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...

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen 1 year ago
USDOT Secretary Reveals Plan To Increase Hiring Of Air Traffic Controllers

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...

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen 1 year ago
USDOT Accepts American Airlines' New Flagship Suite Armrest As In Compliance With ACAA

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Approves IAG's LEVEL To Fly To The US: Codeshare With Iberia

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Secretary Says Pilots Should Lose Their Licenses If At Fault For Accidents

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
Starlink Vies For Verizon's $2.4 Billion US Air Traffic Control Communications Contract

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...

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
US Congress Schedules Hearing On Air Traffic Control

US Congress Schedules Hearing On Air Traffic Control

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) hearing will take place on March 5.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Will Not Enforce Airline Passenger Disability Protections Pending Review

USDOT Will Not Enforce Airline Passenger Disability Protections Pending Review

USDOT will postpone taking enforcement action until next month.

Tatenda Karuwa 1 year ago
Delta & United Appeal To USDOT For Flexibility On South African Routes

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...

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
Spirit Airlines Brings Back Change Fees On "Go" Fares

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...

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
Senator Questions Deputy USDOT Secretary Nominee On SMS Decision After Fatal 737 MAX Crash

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...

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
US Airlines Sue To Reverse USDOT Rule On Wheelchair Damage

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.

Jake Hardiman 1 year ago
Elon Musk's SpaceX Team Will Visit FAA Air Traffic Control Command Center

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.

Rytis Beresnevičius 1 year ago
USDOT Will Audit FAA Flight Delay Data To Evaluate National Airspace System

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...

Mia Ping-Chieh Chen 1 year ago