Passenger-rights advocates won a major victory Monday when the Transportation Department announced a rule to let passengers stuck inside stranded planes disembark after three hours.
The rule, which will take effect in late April and applies only to domestic flights, prohibits airlines from letting an aircraft remain on an airport tarmac for more than three hours [...]
Dec 22
New rule at the airport- 3-hour limit on tarmac delays
Dec 10
Airport napping rooms come to America
Tiny airport sleeping rooms — similar to the cubicles that Asian travelers use to catch a snooze in between flights — have arrived in America.
Atlanta, the world’s largest airport, opened five Minute Suites this month where tired passengers can doze for $30 an hour. The rooms — 7 feet by 8 feet, or about the [...]
Nov 30
Airports would like to see rise in passenger fee
Citing escalating construction costs, airports have been lobbying Congress to raise the cap on the “passenger facility charge” that fliers pay as part of their airline tickets.
The charge – now at $4.50 for each leg of the trip, up to $18 per round trip – funds the building of runways, terminals and gates.
Airports would like [...]
