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Travel NewsFebruary 5, 202564Views

An American Airlines plane takes off as a salvage barge with a crane is positioned near the crash site along the Potomac River after a passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty…

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DOT Secretary Forcefully Reminds U.S. Airline Passengers of Their New Refund Rights

Some airlines are still struggling to reboot their service in the wake of last weekend's cataclysmic CloudStrike software shutdown. On Monday, Delta Air Lines was still limping its way back to the runways. The airline announced it had to cancel another 800 departures on the first workday of the week, bringing the total of scrapped…

January 5, 202569Views

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DOT fines JetBlue for ‘chronically delayed flights’

JetBlue Airways aircraft are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 15, 2013. Fred Prouser | Reuters The Department of Transportation fined JetBlue Airways $2 million for "chronically delayed flights," the first penalty of its kind, the DOT said Friday. JetBlue operated four routes…

January 3, 202584Views

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Will Trump Undo the New DOT Rules Protecting Traveler Rights?

Passenger protections in the United States may seem vulnerable with the change in administrations. But there’s some good news. When Donald Trump nominated Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation last month, Airlines for America—lobbyists for the largest carriers—said it was “thrilled.” Not surprising, since Duffy has lobbied…

December 26, 202472Views