Wednesday, 10 January 2018 ()
Federal officials are looking into whether any airlines will be fined over long tarmac delays that occurred over the weekend at New York's Kennedy Airport. By one estimate, there were a dozen or more international flights that landed at JFK and sat on the tarmac for at least four hours, the point at which the airlines could be subject to huge fines. An Obama-era regulation was intended to curb such long delays, and while consumer advocates say they are far less common than a few years ago, the problem persists. Meanwhile, the airline industry is trying to tweak the rule to get more time before fines kick in. In 2009, there were 868 domestic flights that were kept on the ground at least three hours.
