Trump's DOJ ends lawsuit against Southwest Airlines for chronic delays, originally filed by Biden's DOT, highlighting pandemic-related challenges.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has dropped a lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by the Biden administration, which had accused the carrier of operating two chronically delayed flights.

DOT considers flights that are flown at least 10 times a month chronically delayed if they arrive more than 30 minutes late more than half the time, including cancelations as well as diversions.

The lawsuit alleges Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers' travel plans.

"Since DOT issued its Chronically Delayed Flight (CDF) policy in 2009, Southwest has operated more than 20 million flights with no other CDF violations.

Airlines that advertise their flights at a certain time but chronically delay them deceive customers and impede on fair competition, the DOT says.

Frontier Fined DOT on Wednesday also fined Frontier Airlines $650,000 for three chronically delayed flights between August 2022 and April 2023. Half of the fee is to be paid to the U.S. Treasury and ...

On Wednesday, the DOT also announced a $650,000 fine against Frontier Airlines for its multiple chronically delayed flights, including one between Houston and Orlando.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is suing Dallas-based Southwest Airlines over chronic flight delays and disrupting passenger travel plans.

The Department of Transportation is suing Southwest Airlines and accusing the carrier of “illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights” that resulted in 180 flight disruptions on ...

DOT sues Southwest Airlines, accusing the airline of chronic flight delays while citing unrealistic scheduling that disrupted passengers.