News from August 2019
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 44-13 FMCSA’s Fraud Task Force Takes Enforcement Action Against Three Chicago-Area Household Goods Moving Companies Months-long investigation leads to company shut-downs, civil penalties for safety and commercial violations WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FHWA 30-13 U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $421 Million Loan to Expand SR 91 in Southern California Orange County Express Lanes to Extend into Riverside County WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $421 million loan for the SR 91 Corridor Improvement ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 59-13 News Digest Secretary LaHood Designates New Marine Highway in Texas. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has designated a new marine highway in Chambers County, Texas. The “M-146 Marine Highway Connector,” which is sponsored by the Chambers County Texas Improvement District No. 1 ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today celebrated the opening of the new terminal at Peoria International Airport, paid for in part with $6.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The nation’s largest airlines recorded a rate of on-time flights in August that was an improvement over July’s mark but down from August 2010’s on-time rate, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. I’m pleased that Dave Barger, the CEO of Jet Blue Airways, is here – as is Randy Babbitt, our outstanding administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: For 11 days and counting, the Federal Aviation Administration has been without the authorization to go about a portion of its daily business. We owe the American people a solution to this crisis before members head home for the August recess.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 66.6 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in June 2012, 0.2 percent more domestic passengers and 2.8 percent more international passengers than in June 2011. ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FRA Proposes Revisions to Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Regulations. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would clarify certain requirements of the existing emergency preparedness standards for passenger trains, and address issues ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 79-13 Airlines Report 13 Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, Three Tarmac Delays Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in July WASHINGTON – Airlines reported 13 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and three tarmac delays of more than four hours on ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aviation Enforcement Office today provided guidance to airlines and ticket agents about the requirement for notifying passengers if a flight they are selling is being operated under a code-sharing arrangement.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: DOT 24-13 Airlines Report Two Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours on Domestic Flights, None Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in January Airlines reported two tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights, but no tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Icelandair $50,000 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: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Xtra Airways $300,000 for violating rules protecting passengers when their public charter flights are suddenly canceled, and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: FMCSA 44-13 Contacts: Marissa Padilla Director of Communications U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (202) 366-9999 Ashley Kelahear Press Secretary Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt Minister of Transport Ottawa 613-991-0700 Media Relations Transport ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Requests Top $19 Billion for $600 Million Program
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Emergency Relief Funds Will Help States
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: November was the second month in a row that the nation’s largest airlines reported no flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours, while the carriers reported only a slight increase in the rate of canceled flights during the month, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by ...
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined United Airlines $20,000 for providing inaccurate information to passengers about how much compensation they could potentially receive for lost, damaged or delayed baggage on international flights.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 1, 2019
News Release: Thank you, Rabih, for that wonderful introduction. Kathy and I are delighted to be here among friends and honored guests. But if you’ll allow, I’d like to recognize one special person in the audience: Jim Kabbara. Jim is an aerospace engineer, and a much respected colleague, at the Federal Aviation Administration – and he had the bright idea that I should speak tonight. So, if my remarks disappoint, just blame him.
