The Halloween weekend stranding of more than 1,000 airline passengers at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn., brought the tarmac delay activists out in full force again, pushing for new laws that they claim would prevent lengthy ground delays.
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When winter storms hit and flights get canceled, for travelers who really have to get somewhere, it’s worth at least a little checking around when your airline tells you there’s nothing operating. It may just mean they aren’t operating anything.
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Downtown Vegas zipline opens Friday, reciprocal FF elite benefits start on UA/CO, US airlines slash tarmac delay
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Amazing! The airlines can do it. They can deal with tarmac delays without canceling flights. They’d better, because with the minimum capacites they are working with, cancellations would be a mess for everyone involved.
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Pro-airline researchers produced shows that cancellations for May, due to the new regulations, were 3 times the number of cancellations DOT predicted for the entire year. They go on to argue that their analysis doesn’t include second order cancellations.
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This week’s massive Transportation Department rulemaking contains a provision that would require airlines that must adopt tarmac-delay contingency plans to also file delay data with the department.
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Chris Elliott begins his comments about the Department of Transportation’s latest proposed rulemaking.
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UAL plans fuel-saving flight, DOT proposes broad new regulations, Airbus takes cue from Dreamliner
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No gambling required at Harrahs to get points on their bonus cards, AA delays launch or flight from Chicago to Beijing, LaHood tells airlines that they will face maximum fines for violating 3-hour tarmac delay rules
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