Are the government’s airline cops about to get tough on crime? The Department of Transportation says it is, and now there’s new evidence that it’s following through.
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Over the weekend, the Department of Transportatin (DOT) announced that they have given the oneworld Alliance provisional antitrust immunity. This brings oneworld into line with SkyTeam and Star Alliance and is the final nail in the coffin of advancing competition between scores of airlines in the international arena.
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The Department of Transportation yesterday claimed to be a leader in the administration’s open government initiative, which is supposed to transform the federal bureaucracy into a “transparent, collaborative, and participatory government” that touches the lives of citizens. While it’s not there yet, I think — I hope — it’s well on its way.
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Leaving aside the triviality of recent DOT fines regarding advertising, I have to wonder, is the DOT swatting flies while the airlines continue with greater fare mischief.
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Attention, air travelers: The government has your back.
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And it’s the wrong answer. In a recent column about luggage, I suggested that a simple rulemaking by the Transportation Department could compel airlines to include one piece of checked luggage as part of the base fare. I recommended that readers write the DOT to let it know they supported such action. The government was ready with a cookie-cutter response.
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The recent DOT tentative approval of the Continental linkup with United, Lufthansa and the other airlines in the Star Alliance is facing bureaucratic opposition. The Department of Justice and the European Union, in bureaucratic speak, are saying, “Go slow.”
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The U.S. Department of Transportation released its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report yesterday, which covers on-time, lost baggage and complaint data for January 2009. According to the DOT, things got better for travelers. On-time performance inched up a bit, fewer reports of lost baggage were filed and fewer of us found things to complain about.
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The airlines are bombarding the Department of Transportation (DOT) for approval of their new airline alliances. Just before the changeover of the administration, there was a rush to get their new cartels rubber-stamped. That attempt failed. But the airlines are back at it again.
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ExpressJet Flight 2534 from Nashville to Newark spent 269 minutes on the runway on Nov. 30, 2008, according to the latest Transportation Department figures. That’s almost 4 1/2 hours.
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