U.S. Fines Airlines More Than $7 Million for Not Providing Refunds

The Transportation Department penalties come after many travelers have expressed frustration about flight delays, cancellations, and other problems.

For this week’s article, I chose another travel article. This article spoke about how the transportation department decided to fine half a dozen airlines a total of more than 7 Million for failing to provide refunds.

Frontier was fined 2.2 million more than any other company. Air India was fined 1.4 million, Air Portugal 1.1 million, and the remaining airlines Aeromexico, El Al, and Avianca were fined less than 1 million.

An airline can give a refund for flight cancelations, delays, or alterations. With the Covid 19, pandemic people were unable to travel and now that the pandemic has slightly lifted they feel eager to travel and are willing to pay more for the tickets meaning airlines are having a great business.

The transportation department is moving quickly to ensure the airlines are accountable for their own rules. The airlines have yet to pay their fines but customers have been notified if they will be receiving a refund.

I think this article was a fast and easy read. It also did a really good job of following the inverted pyramid method because all the necessary information was at the top and the not-so-needy information was at the bottom.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/business/transportation-department-airline-fines.html