U.S. Department of Transportation

By Christine Boynton
The future for Allegiant Air could look increasingly international, in part enabled by the airline's move away from proprietary systems.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The Biden administration is pitching higher taxes on business aviation fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Dominican Republic-based Arajet sees the U.S. market as “critical” to its expansion plans.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Under the DOT budget request, FAA funding would total $21.8 billion, not counting another $5 billion in special bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) grants.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Mexico is hitting back at assertions made by the U.S. Transportation Department that Mexico has violated the air transport agreement between the two countries.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
DOT outlines measures aimed at reducing injuries, improving dignity and mobility, and restoring confidence in flying for many individuals with disabilities.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
The two ULCCs are offering a spate of arguments in favor of their proposed relationship.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Aeromexico is adding a new destination to its U.S. network amid uncertainty about the future of its transborder joint venture with Delta Air Lines.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
ULCCs Allegiant Air and Viva Aerobus have asked the U.S. Transportation Department to restart a review of their proposed transborder joint venture.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The comments were made in a Feb. 9 filing from the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Four routes to the U.S. have been cut from Aeromexico’s planned summer schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways has obtained the slots necessary to continue operating Amsterdam Schiphol service during the IATA summer 2024 season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
In an order issued Jan. 26, DOT said it would not renew Delta and Aeromexico’s antitrust immunity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
United has urged the U.S. Transportation Department to award it nighttime slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport that are being relinquished by Hawaiian Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. is ordering the Aeromexico-Delta Air Lines transborder joint venture be wound down after recent "anticompetitive" actions by the Mexican government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Under the terms, Southwest is required to provide $90 million in transferable vouchers evenly split over a three-year period beginning April 30.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Chile’s Sky Airline is seeking a foreign air carrier permit so it can serve the U.S.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the APEC summit held Nov. 11-17 in San Francisco.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
A White House official says U.S. space regulations—developed decades ago—were crafted when commercial space capabilities were limited.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By David Casey
United Airlines has moved forward with its ambition of opening a new route to Tokyo Haneda Airport.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The U.S. Transportation Department is allowing Chinese carriers to operate 35 roundtrips per week, up from 24 previously.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
United Airlines had hoped to take over a slot pair that it claimed was being underutilized by Hawaiian Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton
The U.S. has found the Dutch government’s flight cuts at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport are anticompetitive and in violation of the U.S.-EU Open Skies agreement.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines is facing possible fines from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for its December operational meltdown.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
U.S. airlines want the U.S. DOT to declare the Dutch government’s plans to cut flight capacity at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as “unjustifiable."
Airports & Networks