WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration sued Southwest Airlines (NYSE: ) on Wednesday, accusing the carrier of illegally operating multiple flights with chronic delays and disrupting passenger travel.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said in its civil suit filed with the Justice Department that the carrier had unrealistic schedules and said it was seeking maximum civil penalties. The department said Southwest had two chronically delayed flights — one between Chicago and Oakland, California, and another between Baltimore and Cleveland for five months in 2022.
The department also said Wednesday that it had fined Frontier Airlines $650,000 for operating multiple flights that were chronically late.
