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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: United Airlines, Inc.
Current Parent Company: United Airlines Holdings
Penalty: $750,000
Year: 2016
Date: January 7, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: aviation consumer protection violation
Violation Description: This consent order concerns violations by United Airlines, Inc., of 14 CFR Part 259, the Department's tarmac delay rule; 49 U.S.C. ? 42301, which requires adherence to a carrier's emergency contingency plan; and 49 U.S.C. ? 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices. Specifically, the carrier violated the Department's tarmac delay rule by failing to adhere to the assurances in its contingency plan for lengthy tarmac delays that the carrier would not allow an aircraft to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours for domestic flights and four hours for international flights before providing passengers an opportunity to deplane.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Transportation Department Aviation Consumer Protection Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: airlines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: airlines
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