If passed, the DOT’s current Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) would require airlines to pay customers cash compensation after a significant (controllable) flight delay or cancellation.

No US airline makes cash payments to customers for long-delayed flights, according to the Department of Transportation, but proposed rules could require them to ...

Travel insurance can make up for what Delta's delay compensation ... airlines must follow. The DOT states that airlines are now required to compensate for delays for flights departing the U.S ...

The DOT is seeking maximum civil penalties against Southwest (NYSE:LUV) for what it claims are “chronically delayed flights,” defined as a flight flown at least 10 times a month that arrives ...

The Department of Transportation is suing Southwest Airlines, accusing it of operating two “chronically delayed flights” in 2022 that resulted in 180 flight disruptions. The lawsuit ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --JetBlue Airways is being fined $2 million for "chronic flight delays," with half that amount going to compensate affected passengers, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced ...

The US Department of Transportation has filed a lawsuit against Southwest and imposed a fine on Frontier for operating ...

While passengers are entitled to refunds for canceled flights ... cash compensation for delays, but the big four (American, Delta, Southwest and United) all offer hotel and ground transportation ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation sued Southwest Airlines Wednesday, alleging it illegally operates flights ... to set up a compensation system for customers impacted by delays and cancellations.