DOT 215-04
December 27, 2004
Contact: Sarah Echols
Tel.: (202) 366-4570
Secretary Mineta Launches Holiday Air Travel Disruption Investigation
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today asked the agency’s
Inspector General to join with the Department’s Office of Aviation and
International Affairs and Office of General Counsel to investigate travel
disruptions that impacted US Airways and Comair passengers over the 2004 holiday
travel weekend.
The Secretary stressed, “It is important that the Department and the traveling
public understand what happened, why it happened, and whether the carriers
properly planned for the holiday travel period and responded appropriately to
consumer needs in the aftermath.”
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A copy of the Secretary’s memorandum to the Inspector General is available on
the U.S. Department of Transportation
website.
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