{"id":2015126,"date":"2023-08-29T05:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-fined-4-1-million-for-dozens-of-long-tarmac-delays-that-trapped-passengers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T05:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:53:14","slug":"american-airlines-fined-4-1-million-for-dozens-of-long-tarmac-delays-that-trapped-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-fined-4-1-million-for-dozens-of-long-tarmac-delays-that-trapped-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines fined $4.1M for numerous tarmac delays, trapping passengers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-airlines-fined-4-1-million-for-dozens-of-long-tarmac-delays-that-trapped-passengers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American Airlines Fined $4.1 Million for \u200cStranding Passengers \u2063on Planes<\/h2>\n<p>In a significant\u2064 move, the federal government has imposed a hefty fine of $4.1 million on American Airlines for repeatedly keeping passengers on board planes during long ground delays.\u200b This \u200bpenalty, announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, marks the largest fine of its kind against an airline\u2064 since the implementation of rules governing such delays a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The airline\u200d has been instructed to pay half of the fine within the next 30 days. However, the department\u200d has credited American Airlines with just over \u200d$2 million for compensating\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-killed-after-amtrak-train-derails-in-mont\/\" title=\"3 killed after Amtrak train derails in Mont.\">affected passengers<\/a>. This consent\u200b order settles the case.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/american-airlines-boosts-pilot-contract-offer-by-1-billion-5416407\">American Airlines Boosts Pilot Contract Offer by $1 Billion<\/a> &#8211; 7\/22\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/american-airlines-adds-bag-charges-for-basic-economy-travelers-on-international-trips-5353181\">American Airlines Adds \u2063Bag Charges for Basic Economy Travelers on International Trips<\/a> &#8211; 6\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Transportation&#8217;s investigation revealed that between 2018 and 2021, American Airlines subjected 5,821 passengers on 43 domestic flights to\u200b ground delays exceeding \u200dthree hours without allowing them to deplane. \u2063While there are exceptions to \u2063the rules for safety and security reasons, the department found \u200cno valid justifications for the identified flights.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary \u2063Pete Buttigieg emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to protecting the rights of airline passengers, stating, &#8220;This\u200c is\u2062 the latest action in our continued drive to \u2062enforce the rights of airline passengers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines, in response to\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-removes-campaign-ad-over-link-to-fox-news\/\" title=\"Facebook Removes Campaign Ad Over Link to Fox News\">consent order<\/a>, acknowledged its efforts to minimize \u200bground delays. The airline highlighted\u200d that the 43 affected flights represented less\u2063 than 1 percent of the approximately 7.7 million flights operated by American and American Eagle during the specified period. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-fined-4-1-million-for-dozens-of-long-tarmac-delays-that-trapped-passengers\/\" title=\"American Airlines fined .1M for numerous tarmac delays, trapping passengers.\">mentioned providing substantial compensation<\/a> to\u200d the\u200d affected passengers and increasing management attention to prevent future delays.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the delays occurred at \u200cDallas-Fort Worth International \u200cAirport, where American Airlines \u200dholds a\u2064 dominant position. Additional delays \u200dtook place in San Antonio and\u200b Houston when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-brief-biden-releases-over-80000-border-crossers-into-u-s-in-march-population-larger-than-his-hometown\/\" title=\"Court Brief: Biden Releases Over 80,000 Border Crossers into U.S. in March, Population Larger than His Hometown\">flights bound<\/a> for DFW were diverted. Many of these incidents happened during thunderstorms, making it challenging for the airline to manage gate availability for passenger \u200bdeplaning.<\/p>\n<p>While American Airlines expressed concerns about delays during a winter storm at Reagan Washington\u200c National Airport in\u2062 January 2019, it ultimately accepted the settlement outlined in the consent order.<\/p>\n<p><em>By David Koenig<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS\u2014American Airlines faces a $4.1 million fine from the federal government for numerous instances of keeping passengers on board planes during extended ground delays. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Monday that this is the largest fine imposed on an airline since the implementation of rules regarding long ground delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2015127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}