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In 2022, it was announced that the DOT had published the Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights. It (as stated by the DOT) “describes the fundamental rights of air travelers with disabilities under the Air Carrier Access Act and its implementing regulation, 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 382.” [6] [7]
Pilots are required to maintain night currency every 90 days to carry passengers at night. Specifically, 61.57(b) states that "...no person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise, unless within the preceding 90 days that person has made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full ...
Each month, the FAA publishes the "Key Passenger Facility Charge Statistics". The report summarizes the annual amounts given to airlines by the airports that collect the PFCs. [2] When the PFC program began, airlines were given 12 cents out of each PFC. In 1994, that amount went down to 8 cents. Between 2000 and 2004, the rate increased to 11 ...
The Transportation Department issued a separate rule requiring airlines and ticket agents to disclose upfront what they charge for checked and carry-on bags and canceling or changing a reservation.
American Airlines has agreed to a record $50 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Transportation for violating laws that protect airline passengers with disabilities.
The European Union Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) legislation is intended to ensure that Persons with Reduced Mobility (whether disabled, elderly or otherwise) traveling via public transport, whether by air, land or sea, should have equal access to travel as compared to travelers with unrestricted mobility.
[UPDATE: We reported back in March that American Airlines was testing a program that would grant priority boarding to passengers who don't have large carry-on bags. On Thursday the airline ...
The fifth freedom allows an airline to carry revenue traffic between foreign countries as a part of services connecting the airline's own country. [21] It is the right to carry passengers from one's own country to a second country, and from that country onward to a third country (and so on).