The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Justice have filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines in the Northern District of California for chronic delays.
The U.S. Department of Transportation prohibits the setting of unrealistic arrival and departure schedules that do not reflect actual timings, deeming it damaging to both consumer fairness and industry competition. They are seeking maximum civil penalties for these infractions.
Southwest Airlines caused delays to 180 flights between the Chicago/Midway-Oakland and Baltimore-Cleveland routes from April to August 2022, over 90% of which were attributed to the airline’s own responsibilities.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Transportation has fined Frontier Airlines $650,000 for multiple incidents of chronic delays. Half of this fine will be paid to the Treasury, with the remainder waived if no similar incidents occur over the next three years.
Under the regulations, a flight is considered chronically delayed if it operates more than 10 times a month, and more than half of those flights are either over 30 minutes late or canceled.
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