PROPOSED RULES: Airline passenger protections; enhancements,
Published: 2007-11-20
The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is
seeking comment on whether it should adopt a rule to enhance airline
passenger protections in the following seven ways: require carriers to
adopt contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays and incorporate them
in their contracts of carriage, require carriers to respond to consumer
problems,
PROPOSED RULES: Airline service quality performance reports and disclosure requirements,
Published: 2007-11-20
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to
collect additional data elements when flights are cancelled, diverted,
or experience gate returns. The additional proposed data elements would
fill in data gaps giving the Department, the industry, and the public a
more accurate portrayal of onground delays after flights depart the
gate
PROPOSED RULES: Oversales and denied boarding compensation,
Published: 2007-11-20
The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is
proposing to amend its rules relating to oversales and denied boarding
compensation to increase the limits on the compensation paid to
``bumped'' passengers, to cover flights by certain U.S. and foreign air
carriers operated with aircraft seating 30 to 60 passengers, which are
currently
