Sentences with phrase «required of air carriers»

In our context, «standards» represent the level of accommodation and service required of air carriers to meet some of the special needs of consumers with disabilities.

Not exact matches

Two changes in particular are desperately required: the launch of a low - cost carrier that can compete with upstarts like Air Transat and Sunwing, and relief for the pension woes.

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.»

Reimbursement of funds will require submission of receipts for air travel purchased through a US - flag carrier (no exceptions) and meeting registration.

Any air carrier proposing to resume service within the one - year period must file with the Department's Dockets Section, at least 45 days before the date on which service is expected to resume, a notice of such intent and updated fitness information as required by section 204.3.

The Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is issuing a final rule that changes the mishandled - baggage data that air carriers are required to report, from the number of Mishandled Baggage Reports (MBR) and the number of domestic passenger enplanements to the number of mishandled bags and the number of enplaned bags.

By petition dated February 21, 2001, the Tall Club of Silicon Valley (Tall Club) has asked us to adopt a rule requiring air carriers to provide special seating accommodations to tall people upon their request.

To the extent that the ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in interstate air transportation, the incidents are also violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41702, which requires that air carriers provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation; to the extent the violations occurred in foreign air transportation, the incidents violate 49 U.S.C. § 41310, which, in part, prohibits air carriers and foreign air carriers from unreasonably discriminating against any person in foreign air transportation.

To the extent that the ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in interstate air transportation, the incidents are also violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41702, which requires that air carriers provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation; to the extent the violations occurred in foreign air transportation, the incidents would violate 49 U.S.C. § 41310, which, in part, prohibits air carriers and foreign air carriers from unreasonably discriminating against any person in foreign air transportation.

This order concerns violations by Allegiant Air, LLC, (Allegiant) of (1) the requirements of 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382) with respect to properly coding and recording its disability - related complaints in connection with required disability reporting to the Department of Transportation (Department), as well as providing dispositive written responses to written consumer complaints alleging a violation of Part 382, and related statutory provisions, 49 U.S.C. § § 41702 and 41705; (2) the Department's full - fare advertising requirements, 14 CFR 399.84; and (3) 49 U.S.C. § 41712, which prohibits carriers from engaging in unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition.

The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilitiAir Carrier Access Act (ACAA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilitiair travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilitiair carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities.

SUMMARY: This document requires most certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating to and from the U.S. that conduct passenger - carrying service to record and categorize complaints that they receive alleging inadequate accessibility or discrimination on the basis of disability according to the type of disability and nature of complaint, prepare a summary report of those complaints, submit the report annually to the Department of Transportation's (Department or DOT) Aviation Consumer Protection Division, and retain copies of correspondence and record of action taken on disabilityrelated complaints for three years.

The consumer report also includes reports of incidents involving the loss, death, or injury of pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.

This report also includes reports of incidents involving pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.

The Department of Transportation is issuing a third «Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections» final rule to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment as follows: expanding the pool of reporting carriers for service quality data; requiring reporting carriers to include service quality data for their domestic scheduled flights operated by their code - share partners; enhancing the Department's code - share disclosure regulation to codify the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket agents must disclose any code - share arrangements on their websites on the first display presented in response to a search of a requested itinerary for each itinerary involving a code - share operation; and prohibiting undisclosed biasing based on carrier identity by carriers and ticket agents in any electronic displays of the fare, schedule or availability information of multiple carriers.

To the extent that the ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in interstate air transportation, the incidents are also violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41702, which requires that air carriers provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation.

In selecting communities to participate in the program, the statute requires DOT to give priority to those communities where (a) average air fares are higher than the air fares for all communities; (b) a portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, non-airport-revenue sources; (c) a public - private partnership has been or will be established to facilitate air carrier service to the public; (d) improved service will bring the material benefits of scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the National air transportation system is limited (e) the assistance will be used in a timely fashion; and, (f) multiple communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one regional airport.

Should NewLeaf's business model evolve into that of an air carrier, the agency will require NewLeaf to hold the appropriate licence.»

If you are traveling by plane, domestic and international air carriers require a significant amount of documentation.

The carriers also argued that undue hardship would be caused by losses in competitive advantage caused by a 1P1F policy, in that carriers required to adopt a 1P1F policy would receive most of the demand by persons with severe disabilities for additional seating to travel by air.

The distinct issues of: (1) the number of persons traveling by air who are required by the airlines to be accompanied by an attendant, and (2) travel propensity, are further examples of how the carriers» tactical decision to withhold actual data meant the parties, and ultimately the Agency, had to engage in a lengthy and complex analysis based on less than ideal data.