Italian Regulators Slap TripAdvisor With Fine for For User Reviews
Associated Press
If there's anything more useless than a small fine like this, it's giving it to a regulatory authority in Italy.
5 years ago
Associated Press
If there's anything more useless than a small fine like this, it's giving it to a regulatory authority in Italy.
5 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
This issue seems small in comparison to the larger changing landscape of aviation that the FAA needs to be paying just as close attention to.
6 years ago
Joan Lowy, Associated Press
This is the biggest fine that the DOT has levied since rules were put in place that protected passengers from being held on the tarmac for 3+ hours. The majority of the fine will be used to improved United's operations.
6 years ago
Associated Press
Buried in this story is the fact that United copped to the fact that it filed inaccurate reports to the government about mishandled bookings and incidents involving pets. Those monthly DOT reports about on-time arrivals and pet incidents need to be looked at skeptically.
6 years ago
Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift
If the DOT wants to make an example of Southwest, a company that makes about $2.7 million per day, it's going to have to levy fines quite a bit heftier than this.
6 years ago
Associated Press
Considering that Delta is being fined a second time for a similar transgression and can use more than half of the fine to buy tablets, the DOT is letting Delta off very easy.
6 years ago
Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg
The TSA makes it so easy for critics to point out the agency’s operational inefficiencies, which waste taxpayers’ money and overshadow its necessary security functions.
7 years ago
Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune
Many DOT fines result from airlines’ on-the-ground operations failing to carry out small steps, which suggests better communication could results in savings of thousands of dollars.
7 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
DOT violations highlight only the most extreme cases of consumer infractions and don't account for the many lost bags, delayed flights, or unfriendly staff that impact consumers' view of either airline.
7 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
This U.S. Department of Transportation has passed the most consumer-friendly regulations in the history of U.S. aviation, but that doesn't stop airlines from breaking the rules.
7 years ago
Oliver Smith, The Daily Telegraph
The hefty fines for airlines have led them to go to extraordinary measures to avoid compensation flyers as the law would suggest. Is it time to make the fines more realistic?
7 years ago
Oliver Smith, The Daily Telegraph
EasyJet's spokesman nailed the point of this ruling: clarity. Expect to see the airlines adjust procedures over the next few months to minimize the potential for extraordinary delays.
7 years ago