United Airlines fined $1.9 million for making passengers sit on plane for hours during delays

United Airlines fined $1.9 million for making passengers sit on plane for hours during delays Blog September 30, 2021 United Airlines fined for US tarmac delays. Federal regulators have fined United Airlines $1.9 million for repeatedly keeping passengers on the plane during long tarmac delays. The United States Department of Transportation said that between December 2015 and February 2021, United allowed 20 domestic flights and five international flights to remain on the tarmac at various US airports for lengthy periods without providing passengers the opportunity to deplane. 3,218 passengers were affected. One example was a Chicago-bound flight which was diverted to an airport in Wisconsin because of a winter storm and sat on the tarmac for more than four hours without passengers being allowed to exit the aircraft. The longest delay occurred in 2016 after an international flight bound for Houston diverted to New Orleans. Passengers were only given a chance to deplane after over f..Continue readingUnited Airlines fined $1.9 million for making passengers sit on plane for hours during delays

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