In Summer 2014, the FAA shut down two flight-sharing platforms, FlyteNow and AirPooler.[4] FlyteNow appealed to a federal court.[5][6] On December 18, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia "denied [Flytenow's] request to overturn the Federal Aviation Administration’s ban on Flytenow and other online flight-sharing websites."[7] The court ruled that these flight-sharing services were "common carriers," in part, due to the fact that these services were offered to the general public.[8]