The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is considering new rules that could transform the way airlines handle significant flight delays and cancellations. If implemented, the regulations would ...

DOT proposes compensation for flight delays, ... The DOT's proposed compensation rules would call on airlines to pay between ...

The proposed compensation structure in the DOT's notice is: $200-300 for domestic flight delays of three to six hours $375-525 for delays between six and nine hours ...

Under a proposal put forward by the Transportation Department on Dec. 5, airlines would have to compensate passengers for cancellations and delays of more than three hours. The rule would apply ...

On Wednesday, the US Department of Transportation proposed a new rule that would force carriers to compensate passengers for delays on flights operating to, from, or within the US. Currently, the ...

The new proposal resembles a policy that is already in place in the European Union, where passengers can receive up to 600 euros, or about $660, for delayed or canceled flights.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched another rulemaking that would require airlines pay customers when a flight is canceled or significantly delayed, the agency announced Thursday. DOT ...

Department of Transportation rules around delays of U.S. are murky. There's no official requirement for passengers to receive a refund or reimbursement in a result of a flight delay.

Airlines for America (A4A) — a trade group representing the largest U.S. carriers — is criticizing the Department of Transportation's proposed plan to update its customer service dashboard to ...

The US Department of Transportation has proposed a new rule that defines "significant delays" for air travel. Passengers would be entitled to a refund for delays that arrive or depart three or ...