UPDATE: DOT EXTENDS COMMENT PERIOD FOR AIRLINE ANCILLARY FEES NPRM TO JANUARY 23, 2023
January 5, 2023
On December 14, 2022, DOT issued a notice to announce that it has extended the comment period for its proposed rulemaking on “Enhancing Transparency of Airline Ancillary Service Fees” to January 23, 2023. This decision was made based on requests DOT received from various airline industry groups including IATA and Airlines for America. DOT also noted that it plans to issue formal responses to the questions raised by the airline groups in the rulemaking docket, available here, in the coming weeks.
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