Hoʻopaʻi ʻo US i nā mokulele 6 $ 7.25 miliona no ka hōʻole ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku

Ua hoʻolaha ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i nā hana hoʻokō mōʻaukala e kūʻē i ʻeono mau mokulele, i hui pū ʻia ma mua o ka hapalua piliona kālā i ka poʻe i ʻaiʻē i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana ma muli o kahi lele i hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻololi nui ʻia. ʻO kēia mau hoʻopaʻi he ʻāpana o ka hana hoʻomau a DOT e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i nā uku i ʻaiʻē ʻia mai nā mokulele.

Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, US DOT Ua loaʻa i ka nui o nā hoʻopiʻi mai nā huakaʻi mokulele e pili ana i ka hāʻule ʻole o nā mokulele i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku hoʻihoʻi i ka manawa ma hope o kā lākou hoʻopau ʻana i kā lākou mau mokulele. 

"I ka wā e hoʻopau ʻia ai kahi mokulele, pono e uku koke ʻia ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i nā uku. I kēlā me kēia manawa ʻaʻole ia e hana, e hana mākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā mokulele i kuleana no ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻAmelika a hoʻihoʻi i kā lākou kālā. wahi a ke Kakauolelo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Pete Buttigieg. "He mea paʻakikī ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka mokulele, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e haggle a kali paha i nā mahina e loaʻa ai kāu uku." 

Ma waho aʻe o ka $600 miliona i uku ʻia e nā mokulele mokulele, ua hoʻolaha ka 'Oihana i kēia lā e loiloi ana ʻo ia ma mua o $ 7.25 miliona ma nā hoʻopaʻi kīwila e kūʻē i ʻeono mau mokulele no ka lohi loa i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hoihoi. Me nā hoʻopaʻi o kēia lā, ua loiloi ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Aviation i $8.1 miliona i nā hoʻopaʻi kīwila i 2022, ʻo ka nui loa i hoʻopuka ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki e kēlā keʻena. E hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka hapa nui o nā uku i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano o nā uku i ke Keʻena Waihona, me ke koena e hōʻaiʻē ʻia ma ke kumu o nā uku i nā poʻe kaʻa ma mua o ke koi kānāwai. Ua kōkua nā hana a ke Keʻena i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā haneli haneli o nā poʻe holo kaʻa i hāʻawi ʻia me ka ʻoi aku o ka hapalua piliona kālā i koi ʻia. Manaʻo ka 'Oihana e hoʻopuka i nā kauoha hou e loiloi ana i nā hoʻopaʻi kīwila no ka uhaki ʻana i ka palekana o nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia makahiki alemanaka. 

ʻO nā uku i helu ʻia a me nā uku hoihoi i hāʻawi ʻia: 

• kihi - $222 miliona i nā uku hoihoi i uku ʻia a me kahi hoʻopaʻi $2.2 miliona 

• Air India - $ 121.5 miliona i koi ʻia i uku ʻia a me kahi $ 1.4 miliona hoʻopaʻi 

• TAP Pokukala - $126.5 miliona i koi ʻia i uku ʻia a he $1.1 miliona hoʻopaʻi 

• Aeromexico - $13.6 miliona i nā uku hoihoi i uku ʻia a me kahi hoʻopaʻi $900,000 

• El Al - $ 61.9 miliona i nā uku hoihoi i uku ʻia a me kahi hoʻopaʻi $ 900,000 

• Avianca - $76.8 miliona i nā uku hoihoi i uku ʻia a me kahi hoʻopaʻi $750,000 

Ma lalo o ke kānāwai US, he kuleana ko nā mokulele a me nā ʻelele tiketi e hoʻihoʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku inā hoʻopau ka mokulele a hoʻololi nui paha i kahi lele i, mai a i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻaʻole makemake ka mea hele e ʻae i ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia. ʻAʻole kū i ke kānāwai no ka mokulele e hōʻole i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a hāʻawi i nā palapala hōʻaiʻē i kēlā mau mea kūʻai.  

ʻO nā uku i hoʻolaha ʻia i kēia lā, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻanuʻu he nui a ka 'Oihana e hana ai no ka pale ʻana i nā mea kūʻai. Ma lalo iho nei nā hana hou a DOT i hana ai: 

• During the summer, the Department rolled out a new airline customer service dashboard to help consumers determine what they are owed when a flight is cancelled or delayed because of an airline issue. Previously, none of the 10 largest U.S. airlines guaranteed meals or hotels when a delay or cancellation was within the airlines’ control, and only one offered free rebooking. However, after Secretary Buttigieg called on airlines to improve their service and created this dashboard, nine airlines now guarantee meals and hotels when an airline issue causes a cancellation or delay and all 10 guarantee free rebooking. The Department will continue to work to increase transparency so Americans know exactly what the airlines are providing when they have a cancellation or delay. 

• The Department’s proposed rule on Airline Ticket Refunds, if adopted, would: 1) require airlines to proactively inform passengers that they have a right to receive a refund when a flight is canceled or significantly changed, and 2) define a significant change and cancellation that would entitle a consumer to a refund. The rule would also 3) require airlines to provide non-expiring vouchers or travel credits when people can’t travel because they have COVID-19 or other communicable diseases; and 4) require airlines that receive significant government assistance in the future related to a pandemic to issue refunds instead of non-expiring travel credits or vouchers when passengers are unable or advised not to travel because of a serious communicable disease. The Department invites the public to submit comment on this rulemaking by December 16, 2022. The Department’s Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee will publicly deliberate on the Department’s proposed rule on Airline Ticket Refunds and decide on recommendations to make to the Department at a virtual meeting on December 9, 2022. 

• The Department has proposed a rule that would significantly strengthen protections for consumers by ensuring that they have access to certain fee information before they purchase their airline tickets. Under the proposed rule, airlines and travel search websites would have to disclose upfront – the first time an airfare is displayed – any fees charged to sit with your child, for changing or cancelling your flight, and for checked or carry-on baggage. The proposal seeks to provide customers the information they need to choose the best deal. Otherwise, surprise fees can add up quickly and overcome what may look at first to be a cheap fare. DOT encourages members of the public and interested parties to submit comments by December 19, 2022.