As families prepare for air travel this coming Memorial Day weekend, United Airlines won't be offering early boarding to families in coach with small children.
American Eagle suffered a dubious distinction Monday, becoming the first airline to get fined for excessive tarmac delays, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Flying may get just a little less frustrating and a bit more transparent starting Tuesday, when new federal airline passenger protection rules go into effect.
The federal government is postponing some of the consumer protections scheduled to take effect later this month after airlines and travel agents said they needed more time to implement the changes.
Only 20 tarmac delays of more than three hours were reported in the year after the Department of Transportation's tarmac delay rule was implemented, according to DOT figures released Tuesday.
Call it the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, Version 2.0.
HLN money expert Clark Howard talks with an entrepreneur who says he's beating airlines at their own game.
Airlines in the United States will carry a billion passengers a year by 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration predicted Tuesday -- raising the prospect of even more flight delays and complaints from the flying public.
The much-maligned, color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System appears about to be consigned to the proverbial dustbin of history.
Airlines hoping for exemptions at some airports to the tarmac delay rule going into effect next week are out of luck.
US Airways has joined a handful of other carriers in filing for an exemption from the tarmac delay rule going into effect next month. The airline has asked the Department of Transportation for a waiver to the rule for its hub in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Flying in and out of New York -- which is usually no picnic -- is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix.
In what one advocate called "a Christmas miracle for airline passengers," the Department of Transportation on Monday announced a rule prohibiting U.S. aircraft on domestic routes from remaining on a tarmac for more than three hours with travelers aboard.
New rules free up food for travelers stuck on the tarmac. CNN talks to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about the plan.
Tapes released by federal officials detail efforts by an airline pilot to allow passengers off his stranded plane,
Claustrophobia was not a condition Bill Johnson understood.
Far too many passengers are being stranded on board commercial flights in the United States in delays, an air passengers' rights group said Wednesday.
Frequent and lengthy flight delays are increasing and worsening, putting 2007 on track to break records set in 2000, according to a Department of Transportation inspector general report.
Time on the tarmac has been underreported, a federal agency admits, as the summer travel season reaches crunch time
After another bad weekend, concerns mount over airport delays this summer. Will a Passenger Bill of Rights help?
While the Senate moves forward to pass an airline passengers' bill of rights, consumer groups remain wary that its language may not be tough enough to help stranded fliers.
The April edition of Business Traveller looked at the issue of travelers rights and whether we needed a bill of rights to protect us against airlines, hotels and other companies who can make our traveling life misery. We need rights and they need to be protected.
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