News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty of $35,000 against Finnair for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 86-13 Airline On-Time Performance in August Down From Previous Year, Up From July WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 78.8 percent in August, down from the 79.1 percent on-time rate from August 2012, but up from the 73.1 percent mark from July 2013, according ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 13-13 FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Oklahoma Bus Company for Violating Consent Agreement Heartland Charters & Tours breaks agreement to adhere to federal safety regulations following 2012 out-of-service order WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% in October from September
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 80-13 News Digest The Occoquan, Potomac, and Anacostia Rivers make up the first “M-495 Marine Highway Crossing”, designated as the “M-495 Marine Highway Crossing,” and is sponsored by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission. This marine highway connects ports in the District of Columbia, Northern ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT Issues Consent Agreement; Allows Restart of Line 14 in Wisconsin
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $3.6 million for Track Upgrades in Missouri.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that an agreement, pending approval, has been reached to fund Phase 2 of the Dulles Silver Line Rail project which will extend Metro service from Wiehle Avenue in Reston, Virginia to eastern Loudoun County via Dulles International Airport.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Marion, for that wonderful introduction – and for your years of dedicated service to the FAA and America’s aviation industry. Thank you, Senators Murray and Bond, for your leadership on behalf of the traveling public – and for hanging around to hear this former Congressman say a few words. And thank you, all, for the invitation.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined the Brazilian airline GOL $250,000 for violating a number of DOT’s rules protecting the rights of air travelers. This is the largest penalty assessed for violations of the rules adopted in April 2011.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: September 2013 Passenger Airline Employment Down 1.6 Percent from September 2012
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today proposed to grant antitrust immunity to two air carrier alliances for services between the United States and Japan, subject to the Open-Skies aviation agreement between the two countries being signed.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Improvements Will Allow Future Amtrak Acela Service to Reach Speeds of 186 mph
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – New consumer protections for airline passengers established by the U.S. Department of Transportation go into effect today, and will make flying more convenient and hassle-free for air travelers nationwide. The new consumer protections, finalized earlier this year, include requirements that ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FAA Will Review Boeing 787 Design and Production
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that new nonstop flights will be available to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from four cities that, because of distance, had earlier been ineligible for nonstop service.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: U.S .- Mexico Agreements Will Lift Tariffs and Put Safety First
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Orders RLT Tours, LLC of Lake Pond, PA to Cease All Passenger Carrier Operations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 58-13 DOT Fines Delta for Violating Bumping Compensation Rules WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against Delta Air Lines for violating federal rules protecting passengers who are denied boarding against their will, or “bumped,” on oversold ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: BTS Releases National Census of Ferry Operators Results.
