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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced action against six airlines but only one is a U.S. carrier; the others are foreign. "It's too little and too late," one consumer advocate says.
The largest U.S. airlines, which accounted for the bulk of complaints about refunds, avoided fines, and an official said no other U.S. carriers are being investigated for potential fines.
Frontier Airlines, along with five foreign air carriers, agreed to refund a total of $622 million to customers and pay $7.25 million in fines for taking so long, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday.
Frontier Airlines and five foreign carriers have agreed to refund more than $600 million combined to travelers whose trips were canceled or significantly delayed.
U.S. fines airlines $7.5 million and they must refund customers for canceled flights