Ahmad Al Dajani

Representative Experience

• Advised a U.S. airline trade association and six member carriers on a petition for rulemaking asking DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics to revise airline on-time performance reporting rules to implement Section 511 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Represented a major U.S. network carrier before DOT in applications for frequency allocations, route authorities, and codeshare authority, and in answers to other carriers' applications
• Filed comments and answers for a major U.S. network carrier in DOT show-cause proceedings, including proceedings on conditioning foreign carriers' U.S. permits and exemptions and on the antitrust immunity of a competitor's international joint venture
• Represented transatlantic joint venture partners in DOT antitrust immunity proceedings, including the proposed expansion of an immunized alliance to an additional international carrier
• Advised a major U.S. network carrier on Civil Investigative Demands and Rule 45 subpoenas it received in connection with DOJ investigations and court challenges of a competitor airline merger and a competitor airline alliance
• Advising a drone-delivery operator on a pending federal court challenge to the FAA's nationwide environmental review of Part 135 drone-delivery operations
• Representing a foreign charter carrier in a parallel FAA inquiry and CBP cabotage enforcement matter involving the scope of DOT exemption authority
• Advising an aircraft parts manufacturer on its FAA obligations, including reporting, after a component separated from an aircraft
• Advising a foreign air carrier on U.S. DOT and related requirements for launching an optional fare-flexibility product to U.S. consumers
• Advised a UAS/eVTOL manufacturer on U.S. aviation citizenship requirements and FAA aircraft registration in connection with a corporate transaction
• Conducted U.S. aviation regulatory due diligence (DOT, FAA, TSA, and CBP) on a foreign air operator for a transaction
• Led the aviation regulatory workstream, including due diligence, on a proposed acquisition of a counter-UAS technology company
• Advised a global logistics company on the FAA's 2026 reorganization, the Part 108 BVLOS rulemaking, and an FAA waiver pathway for its operations
• Representation of a major U.S. network carrier in connection with U.S. Department of Justice investigations and ensuing antitrust litigation concerning a competing domestic airline alliance and a proposed airline merger
• Representation of transatlantic joint venture partners in DOT antitrust immunity proceedings, including the proposed expansion of an immunized alliance to an additional international carrier
• Representation of a global e-commerce and logistics company on the aviation regulatory aspects of the international expansion of its air cargo network, including market entry analyses across Asia-Pacific and Latin American jurisdictions
• Representation of a strategic acquirer in its proposed acquisition of a counter-UAS technology company, leading the aviation regulatory workstream, including regulatory due diligence and negotiation of the aviation regulatory provisions of the transaction agreement