U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is willing to take a hard line with airlines when necessary as the Biden administration vows a sweeping upgrade in passenger consumer protections.
after bad weather that also affected peers was compounded by its legacy scheduling system. Buttigieg has an ongoing investigation into Southwest's meltdown but he declined to discuss findings.
Buttigieg said the U.S. airline industry has improved over last year, citing lower cancellation rates and adding "the schedules are more realistic, certainly the outcomes are better."compensate passengers for significant flight delays or cancellations when carriers are responsible. Buttigieg said the July 1 rollout of 5G C-Band has gone better than expected with minimal disruptions. Last month,Buttigieg said airlines were largely prepared but that "took a lot of pressure. It took multiple moments where we had to really just make sure they could read our body language that we really were serious... I don't think the airlines believed us early on."prior nominee withdrewButtigieg said the White House was close to naming a new nominee.
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