Airlines are now required to give customers automatic refunds, under a new Department of Transportation rule that went into effect this week. While the new regulation won't make grappling with flight ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's new rules mandating automatic refunds for significantly delayed or canceled flights are in effect just in time for the holiday travel season. While these ...

A record-breaking number of people are expected to travel over Thanksgiving week this year — meaning you can expect long lines, big crowds and likely flight delays or even cancellations when you head ...

Recent years have brought us all too many reminders about the importance of knowing your air travel rights as a passenger. From summer storms and weather delays to air traffic disruptions in Newark, ...

Airlines are now required to provide passengers with prompt automatic refunds when flights are delayed or canceled as new consumer protection rules come into force. In April, the Department for ...

But while most airlines have more or less gotten their schedules back to business as usual, Southwest Airlines has yet to recover. On Wednesday, December 28, per flight tracker site FlightAware, it ...

WASHINGTON -- Airlines have paid more than $600 million in refunds to hundreds of thousands of passengers for canceled or changed flights since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of ...

Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) shot down a proposed new rule that would have entitled travelers to compensation (on top of a refund) for flight delays or cancelations. That rule ...