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Are airline fines working? Flight cancellations are down, but ...

The Department of Transportation claims record fines are keeping airline cancellations low

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Christopher Elliott
Dec 01, 2023
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Airlines canceled just 1.6 percent of domestic flights during the first nine months of the year, a sharp drop from the 2.8 percent cancellation rate a year ago.

Why? The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), which released the figures this morning, believes it knows. The government slapped a record number of fines on U.S. airlines after last year's cancellations.

But is that the real reason?

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