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The US Transportation Department on Friday issued a notice to airlines reminding them they are obligated to refund tickets when they cancel a flight or make a significant flight schedule change that passengers opt not to accept, but will not take any immediate action against airlines. US and foreign airlines have canceled hundreds of thousands …
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Nine Democratic US senators on Tuesday urged the chief executives of 11 major airlines to issue full cash refunds to customers canceling flights during the coronavirus pandemic after Congress approved $25 billion in cash grants for the hard-hit industry. “We believe your company has a moral responsibility to provide real refunds, not travel vouchers, to …
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American Airlines plans to cut 75 percent of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet. The move comes as carriers across the globe are feeling the pain as travel demand withers because of the coronavirus outbreak and the companies respond by scrapping flights and ditching financial forecasts. Shares of …