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Southwest Airlines Sued, Frontier Fined For Chronic Flight Delays: Feds Southwest Airlines Sued, Frontier Fined For Chronic Flight Delays: Feds
Southwest Airlines Sued, Frontier Fined For Chronic Flight Delays: Feds The federal government is suing Southwest Airlines and fined Frontier Airlines, accusing the carriers of illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and causing significant problems for travelers. The U.S. Department of Transportation filed a lawsuit against Southwest on Wednesday, Jan. 15, the DOT said in a news release. The suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeks maximum civil penalties against the airline. Federal regulators said they're cracking down on "unrealistic scheduling practices" by Southwest. "Airlines have a l…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
Cuomo, Trump Lunch Meeting Focuses On Gateway Tunnel Cuomo, Trump Lunch Meeting Focuses On Gateway Tunnel
Cuomo, Trump Lunch Meeting Focuses On Gateway Tunnel President Trump met Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the White House to discuss the Gateway Project, which would rebuild passenger rail lines between New York City and Newark, N.J. The two men were joined at lunch on Wednesday, Nov. 28 by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, a White House spokesman. The infrastructure development is one of the few issues where Trump may find newly empowered House Democrats willing to work with him.  The meeting appeared on Trump's public schedule and Cuomo confirmed in this statement that he planned to discuss the …

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by Jon Craig