Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation fined American Airlines and Delta Airlines on Thursday for violating laws on how long planes can sit on tarmacs with passengers aboard.
American Airlines must pay $1 million for violating the federal rule on 10 domestic and three international flights between December 2015 and January 2017, and Delta must pay $750,000 for violating the rule 11 times between January 2017 and February 2018.