U.S. JetBlue hit with 2 mln USD fine for chronic flight delays

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has imposed a 2 million U.S. dollars penalty on JetBlue Airways for operating multiple chronically delayed flights, marking the department's first-ever enforcement action against an airline for unrealistic scheduling.

The fine addresses flights that consistently arrived more than 30 minutes late over several consecutive months, a practice the Transportation Department says misleads passengers and distorts competition in the airline industry. The investigation revealed JetBlue operated four chronically delayed routes at least 145 times between June 2022 and November 2023.