DOT Proposes Passenger Rights Reforms

By Darren Shannon darren_shannon@aviationweek.com
WASHINGTON

U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in a drastic expansion to his first air passenger protection rule, intends to impose tarmac delay rules on foreign carriers and domestic carriers’ international flights, and expand the current ruling from hubs to any airport that handles more than 10,000 passengers a year.

The new proposal also expands the current tarmac delay ...

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