Traveling to the United Kingdom is about to get more expensive thanks to the country’s plans to implement a new electronic travel authorization (ETA) fee this week.
17.12.2024 - 23:35 / nytimes.com / Pete Buttigieg
Among the Biden Administration’s final acts are improvements to the flying experience for passengers with mobility issues: Regulations proposed earlier this year — including requiring beefed-up customer assistance and providing more support when equipment like wheelchairs are mishandled — will begin to go into effect next month.
The Transportation Department estimates that one out of every 100 wheelchairs or mobility scooters transported on a domestic flight is damaged, delayed or lost.
“With the new protections we’re announcing today, we’re establishing a new standard for air travel — with clear and thorough guidelines for airlines to ensure that passengers using wheelchairs can travel safely and with dignity,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
Here’s what we know about the raft of new regulations, with many beginning on Jan. 16. As with all D.O.T. rules, these regulations apply to all flights to, from, or within the United States.
Traveling to the United Kingdom is about to get more expensive thanks to the country’s plans to implement a new electronic travel authorization (ETA) fee this week.
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The Department of Transportation said on Friday that it will fine JetBlue $2 million over chronic delays, accusing the airline of publishing unrealistic schedules that it knows it can't actually achieve.
JetBlue Airways will pay the first-ever penalty for delayed and cancelled flights. The New York-based airline was recently placed under an investigation by the Department of Transportation over flights that were «chronically delayed» at least 145 times between June 2022 and November 2023. The agency says it provided warnings to JetBlue about the delays, which occurred over five months, however the flight schedule continued, despite the repeated delays. As a result of the investigation, the government fined JetBlue $2 million. “Illegal chronic flight delays make flying unreliable for travelers,” U.S.
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