Airlines will now have to provide automatic refunds to travelers if flights are canceled or significantly altered under new US Department of Transportation rules, a significant change for consumers that could drive up costs across the industry.
Post culture editor Kevin Kwong is marooned with thousands of others at Dubai International Airport after his flight was cancelled following an unprecedented storm, with no idea when he will leave.
As part of the ongoing summer schedule, which started on March 31, domestic airlines had planned to increase domestic flying capacity by 6 percent, or 1,368 weekly flights.
While pilots of Air India called for industrial unrest last April if the airline forced them to accept or sign the new terms and conditions, pilots at Vistara called in sick in the last week of March 2024 to protest against the new contracts.