The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against China Airlines for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of airfares. The company was assessed an $80,000 civil penalty. “When passengers shop for air transportation, they have a right to know the full price they’ll be paying,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood [...]
U.S. airlines collected almost $5.7 billion from baggage fees and reservation change fees in 2010, according to the airline financial data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The airlines received $3.4 billion from baggage fees and $2.3 billion from reservation change fees in 2010. These are the only [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported in a release of preliminary data that U.S. airlines carried 63.6 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in March 2011. This is a 2.2 percent increase from March 2010. The March 2011 passenger total was also 4.3 percent above that of two years [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Frontier Airlines $40,000 for failing to display on-time performance for its flights on the carrier’s Web site as required by DOT rules and ordered the carrier to cease and desist from further violations in the future. “Air travelers have a right to know whether the flight they [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today declared Georgia-based JCT Motor Coach, Inc. an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the bus company to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate transportation services. FMCSA took this action after finding that the company, which provided charter bus service in the southeast, [...]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation and Better Business Bureau will collaborate to educate consumers and businesses about the dangers of distracted driving. The USDOT and Better Business Bureau are calling on businesses across the country to adopt distracted driving policies as part of their employee [...]
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry declined 1.0 percent in April from March, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) released today. The April decrease followed a rise in March. BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation today hosted a roundtable discussion in Washington with transportation, manufacturing and steel industry leaders to discuss a plan for producing steel streetcar rails in the United States. “The Obama Administration is committed to putting Americans back to work making the products our nation needs to compete,” said Secretary Ray LaHood. “We [...]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed a civil penalty against TACA International Airlines for violating the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of airfares. The company was assessed a $55,000 civil penalty. “Consumers have a right to know the full price they will be paying for air fares,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. [...]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today applauded Maine Governor Paul LePage for signing a strong new law that prohibits texting while driving. The law makes Maine the 33rd state to prohibit texting behind the wheel. Under the new law, which takes effect in September 2011, violators will face a minimum fine of $100. “Distracted driving [...]