Sentences with phrase «on air transportation»

For example, on September 11, 2001, the dispersion of checks that depended on air transportation came to a complete standstill after the terrorist attacks.

These rulemakings are: (1) Final Rule on Air Transportation Consumer Protections for Ticket Agents; and (2) A Rulemaking Updating DOT's Tarmac Delay Rule.

It will also focus on air transportation data in addition to petroleum products data and inflation reports.

Not exact matches

Air Canada pilot Dimitrios Kisses told investigators he aborted the landing on July 7, 2017, because «things were not adding up,» the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report.

The report said the primary upward pressure on inflation was driven by higher costs for air transportation, gasoline and restaurants.

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D - Ore., the senior Democrat on the House transportation committee, cautioned earlier this week that any proposal to overhaul the existing air traffic system «must be thoroughly vetted, not rushed through Congress just because the political landscape makes it easier.»

The U.S. air transportation system flies high on some indicators, mostly involving capacity to take to the air, but lands low on others, mostly involving...

Elon Musk announced on Thursday, Jan. 15, that he will build a test track that will help speed up the arrival of his vision of future transportation, a high - speed pod propped up on air cushions traveling at speeds of 800 miles per hour inside a vacuum tube.

Southborough, MA — May 19th, 2017: RxAdvance today announced that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), one of North America's most dynamic and diverse unions with 216,000 members, has awarded its multi-year pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services contract to RxAdvance beginning on Jan. 1, 2018.

«Musk is also developing the Hyperloop, a high - speed transportation system in which pressurized capsules ride on an air cushion driven by linear induction motors and air compressors.

Health prevention for air travel during pregnancy Advise your doctor that you plan on taking a trip by air transportation.

The Families Flying Together Act would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct each carrier to «establish a policy to ensure, to the extent practicable, that a family that purchases tickets for a flight with that air carrier is seated together during that flight; and (2) make the policy... available to the public on an appropriate Internet Web site of the air carrier.»

Once folded, the City Tour fits neatly into its backpack style carry bag and meets carry - on requirements for many modes of transportation, making it ideal for air travel as well as families with limited storage space at home!

«Children should ride properly restrained on every trip in every type of transportation, on the road or in the air,» Dr. Durbin said.

Both the Power Authority and the State Police regularly provide transportation on three «executive - class» King Air turbo - prop aircraft to top state officials.

About 30 people attended the informational meeting, which was held the same day that Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the completion of a white paper on Peace Bridge corridor air quality by the departments of Transportation, Environmental Conservation, and Health.

«I applaud Governor Cuomo for recognizing the importance of these public transportation services and the role they play in sustaining the State's efforts to improve air quality and reduce dependence on foreign oil.»

The Senate sub-committee that makes decisions on transportation funding rejected a proposal Tuesday to privatize the air traffic control system.

Commercial air service may be returning to the Chautauqua County - Jamestown Airport if the federal Department of Transportation accepts a proposal submitted by on - demand airline Boutique Airways under the Enterprise Air Service (EAS) prograir service may be returning to the Chautauqua County - Jamestown Airport if the federal Department of Transportation accepts a proposal submitted by on - demand airline Boutique Airways under the Enterprise Air Service (EAS) progrAir Service (EAS) program.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

Between 2005 and 2008, regulations issued by the California Air Resources Board on transportation exhaust reduced NOx levels in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento by 9 percent per year.

The continued development of maritime transportation around the world, especially in new areas such as the Arctic, can increase conservation impacts to wildlife, including disturbance, fatal strikes, introduction of pathogens through ballast water, habitat destruction through anchoring (especially on corals), introduction of invasive species, air emis ¬ sions, noise, and fuel spills.

NASA scientists working on the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project are making inroads on the two main problems holding back personal air travel on a massive, nationwide scale: midair collisions and complicated piloting mechanisms.

Lackner and colleagues argued in a paper published last July in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that air capture may prove the only way to deal with greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, all those tailpipes and engine exhausts on the world's millions of cars, airplanes and other vehicles.

«Our goals are two-fold: to make air transportation more economically feasible and at the same time to reduce the impact on the environment.»

«International experience shows that cleaning up the air doesn't need to rely on electric vehicles,» said Los Angeles - based An Feng, director of the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation.

With the human activity associated with industrialization, however, came the burning of fossil fuels for manufacturing and transportation, putting more carbon dioxide into the air and creating an increased pressure of this gas on some regions of the earth's surface — including coastal areas.

Prior to joining the Center, she worked at the Coalition for Clean Air on campaigns to reduce toxic air pollution from ports and freight transportation in the state of CalifornAir on campaigns to reduce toxic air pollution from ports and freight transportation in the state of Californair pollution from ports and freight transportation in the state of California.

This section also includes information on parking fees and passes, valet parking, public transportation and taxis, and the Air Charity Network, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation for people in need seeking access to specialized health care facilitiAir Charity Network, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation for people in need seeking access to specialized health care facilitiair transportation for people in need seeking access to specialized health care facilities.

Dr. Craft's expertise is on air toxics issues, focusing specifically on reducing criteria and greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transportation sectors.

A Legal Analysis of the Effects of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) and Clean Air Act on the Commercialization of Biobutanol as a Transportation Fuel in the United States, Timothy A. Slating & Jay P. Kesan, Global Change Biology - Bioenergy, 4 (1), doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01146.x, January 9, 2012.

Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon - Kuskokwim Delta.

[1] As one step towards accomplishing these goals, FHWA is sponsoring Web - based communities of practice (CoPs) to promote free and open knowledge exchange on such topics as environment and planning, air quality, high performance concrete, and transportation asset management.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to issue a final rule by the end of 2014 to implement section 403 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 regarding the carriage of musical instruments as carry - on baggage or checked baggage on commercial passenger flights operated by U.S. air carriers.

This information is regulated by the Privacy Act of 1974, as stated in the Representatives of the Administrator System of Records DOT / FAA 830 and General Air Transportation Records on Individuals System of Records DOT / FAA 847.

Airlines are prohibited from subjecting a person in air transportation to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or ancestry.

City of Porterville to Purchase 10 GreenPower All - Electric Transit Buses Dec 7, 2016 Next - Gen Transportation News (Oxford, CT) The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has awarded $ 9.5 million to the City of Porterville to deploy 10 GreenPower EV350 40 - foot, zero - emission, all - electric transit buses on all nine Porterville Transit routes and to install the associated charging infrastructure, including 11 charging stations.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of February 20Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on air carrier data compiled for the month of February 20air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2018.

On June 3, 2016, during the 8th U.S. - China Transportation Forum in Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) jointly announced the R2ZE Challenge and called to action cities / transit agencies to take measurable steps to reduce transit fleet bus greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions through increased deployment and operation of ZEBs.

49 USC 41705, Aircraft Carrier Access Act of 1986 In providing air transportation, an air carrier may not discriminate against an otherwise qualified individual on the following grounds: a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment.

All data presented in this financial and traffic review are derived from data reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation on Form 41 Schedules by Large Certificated Air Carriers.

In the General Agreement on Tariffs in Services (GATS), the annex on air transport explicitly limits coverage of air services to only aircraft repair and maintenance, computer reservation systems, and selling and marketing of air transportation.

A cornerstone of our safety policy is ensuring that transportation providers across all modes — on roads, rails, water, or in the air, over land and underground — employ operators who are 100 percent drug - and alcohol - free.

This notice is intended to give further guidance to air carriers and other sellers of air transportation on how those additional taxes, fees, and restrictions that are permitted to be listed separately from a fare quotation may be disclosed in advertisements.1 This guidance will be used by the Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings in its compliance and enforcement activities associated with 14 CFR 399.84, the Department's full fare advertising rule, and 49 U.S.C. 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices.

This order also concerns separate violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41712 arising from AAI's marketing and selling of air transportation on a direct air carrier that did not hold economic authority from the Department to engage in air transportation.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its September 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, on air carrier data compiled for the month of July 20Air Travel Consumer Report, on air carrier data compiled for the month of July 20air carrier data compiled for the month of July 2017.

WASHINGTON — The reporting carriers posted an on - time arrival rate of 81.3 percent in January 2016, up from both the 76.8 percent on - time rate in January 2015 and the 77.8 percent mark in December 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

By this order, we extend for an additional 30 days the emergency exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 and applicable Department regulations to the extent necessary to permit, on behalf of U.S. Government charterers engaged in Haiti earthquake relief operations, indirect air transportation by GSA - approved air charter brokers, including those currently approved under General Services Administration (GSA) Special Item Number (SIN) 599 - 5, Air Charter Services - Brokers (hereinafter the «Broker Schedule»).1 That exemption, first granted by Order 2010-1-9 (Jan. 14, 2010) will expire on February 14, 20air transportation by GSA - approved air charter brokers, including those currently approved under General Services Administration (GSA) Special Item Number (SIN) 599 - 5, Air Charter Services - Brokers (hereinafter the «Broker Schedule»).1 That exemption, first granted by Order 2010-1-9 (Jan. 14, 2010) will expire on February 14, 20air charter brokers, including those currently approved under General Services Administration (GSA) Special Item Number (SIN) 599 - 5, Air Charter Services - Brokers (hereinafter the «Broker Schedule»).1 That exemption, first granted by Order 2010-1-9 (Jan. 14, 2010) will expire on February 14, 20Air Charter Services - Brokers (hereinafter the «Broker Schedule»).1 That exemption, first granted by Order 2010-1-9 (Jan. 14, 2010) will expire on February 14, 2010.

WASHINGTON — The nation's largest airlines posted an on - time arrival rate of 77.7 percent in August, down from the 78.8 percent on - time rate in August 2013, but up from the 75.6 percent mark in July 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

WASHINGTON — The nation's largest airlines posted an on - time arrival rate of 77.6 percent in March, down from the 79.8 percent on - time rate posted in March 2013, but up from the 70.7 percent on - time rate posted in February 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today.