DOT Lifts Virgin America’s Fleet Size Restriction

As Virgin America now “has adequate financial resources to support additional expansion,” the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) ruled on March 2 that the carrier no longer must seek government approval each time it wants to add aircraft. DOT commonly places a fleet size restriction on new...

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