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DOT fines British Airways for violating price adversing, international baggage compensation rules

Washington, Usa - For $ 250,000

British Airways violated the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) rules on full-fare advertising as well an international treaty on reimbursements for mishandled baggage, DOT said on October 1st. The Department fined the carrier $250,000 and ordered it to cease and desist from further violations. DOT’s Aviation Enforcement Office found that British Airways violated a number of the Department’s origi...

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Rome, Italy, 10/02/2012 17:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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