DOT agrees to review airlines’ complaints
The federal Department of Transportation agreed Friday to review complaints filed by airlines at Los Angeles International Airport saying that the city’s airport agency unjustly raised terminal rents and fees earlier this year.
The increases quadrupled those costs for some carriers in Terminals 1 and 3. Airlines in the Tom Bradley International Terminal also were ordered by the city’s Airport Commission to pay higher fees.
In its 32-page order, the federal agency said it would assign the matter to an administrative law judge for a hearing and that it would combine the separate complaints.
Officials directed the judge to issue a recommended decision by May 15 and said the agency would issue its final decision by June 15.
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