American, Delta fined for long delays on airport tarmacs
The govt has fined American Airlines and Delta Air Lines for several instances where passengers were stuck on planes that spent over 3 hours on airport tarmacs. The DoT said Thursday it is fining American US$1m and Delta $750,000 for violating rules prohibiting tarmac delays of more than 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international trips. The agency said that 13 flights operated by American at various US airports between Dec 2015 and Jan 2017 violated its tarmac-delay rules. Delta was dinged for 11 flights between Jan 2017 and Feb 2018. American will be credited US$450,000 for compensation provided to passengers and Delta will be credited $450,000. <br/>
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American, Delta fined for long delays on airport tarmacs
The govt has fined American Airlines and Delta Air Lines for several instances where passengers were stuck on planes that spent over 3 hours on airport tarmacs. The DoT said Thursday it is fining American US$1m and Delta $750,000 for violating rules prohibiting tarmac delays of more than 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international trips. The agency said that 13 flights operated by American at various US airports between Dec 2015 and Jan 2017 violated its tarmac-delay rules. Delta was dinged for 11 flights between Jan 2017 and Feb 2018. American will be credited US$450,000 for compensation provided to passengers and Delta will be credited $450,000. <br/>
