Articles tagged “fines”

Online Travel

Airbnb Fined for Misleading Australian Consumers

Airbnb will offer compensation worth about $154 per customer. Remember, Airbnb: That's $230 in Australian dollars.

Sean O'Neill | 4 months ago

Airbnb Fined for Misleading Australian Consumers

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Edreams Odigeo Gets Fined in Spain for Allegedly Misleading Consumers on Subscriptions

A regional consumer affairs agency in Spain fined eDreams Odigeo $23,300 (24,000 euros) for allegedly duping some consumers into buying the company's much-publicized Prime subscription service. In 2017, eDreams Odiego moved into new offices in Barcelona designed by Vimworks. Source: Vimworks. The General Directorate of Consumer Affairs of the Balearic Islands, which include Mallorca and…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Airlines

FAA Seeks $159,000 in Fines From 2 Passengers for Alleged Unruly Behavior

When it comes to unruly flyers, aviation watchdogs can spit and bite, too.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

FAA Seeks $159,000 in Fines From 2 Passengers for Alleged Unruly Behavior

Airlines

Fines Issued to Unruly Flyers Now Top $1 Million But Has Anybody Paid Up?

Fines for unruly passengers are rising, but without prosecutorial authority, the Federal Aviation Administration's hands are tied. If disruptive and dangerous behavior is going to come to an end, the FAA must be given the means to make unruly passenger behavior the crime that it is. It's time for Congress to step up to the plate.

Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago

Fines Issued to Unruly Flyers Now Top $1 Million But Has Anybody Paid Up?

Airlines

Unruly Air Passengers Are Still Unruly

While the numbers of unruly passengers are small, the fines are huge and so can the damage disruptive flyers leave in their wake. As airlines continue revving up for the return to travel, they need to ensure these types of dangerous distractions don't impede bottom lines or customer satisfaction.

Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago

Unruly Air Passengers Are Still Unruly

Airlines

FAA May Fine Southwest $325,000 for Faulty Windshield Heater Warning

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.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

DOT Fines Southwest Airlines for Advertising Tickets It Didn’t Have

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.

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift | 11 years ago

DOT Fines Southwest Airlines for Advertising Tickets It Didn’t Have

Airlines

Delta fined $750,000 for bumping passengers without compensation

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.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

TSA spends $800,000 a year to store obsolete equipment

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.

Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

United Airlines fined $130K for holding passengers for 5-hour delay

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.

Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune | 11 years ago

United Airlines fined $130K for holding passengers for 5-hour delay