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DOT Terminates Rule for Traveler Hotline
August 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has ended a proceeding aimed at creating a toll-free hotline for air travelers. The rulemaking entitled "Notifying Air Travelers of DOT's Aviation Consumer Hotline" was withdrawn after legislative changes made the hotline unnecessary.

Initially, a 2012 law mandated the Secretary of Transportation to establish a complaint hotline. That legislation required airlines to display the hotline number on the . . .

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