UAL - Pete Buttigieg Left 'Speechless' After Airlines Sue Biden Administration Over New Fees Regulations | Benzinga
Major airlines have initiated a lawsuit against a new rule that mandates them to disclose additional fees upfront. This action has elicited a strong reaction from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
What Happened: The lawsuit was launched by Airlines for America, a trade association, and several major airlines, including Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL), JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ:JBLU), Hawaiian Airlines (NASDAQ:HA), and Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK), reported The Hill.
The airlines are contesting the new rule, arguing that revealing extra fees before ticket purchase will “greatly confuse consumers” and “complicate the buying process.”
Buttigieg, however, expressed astonishment at the lawsuit, stating, “We just issued a rule requiring airlines to inform you, before you buy a ticket, of fees they will charge you. Now, the airline lobby is suing us, saying that if you have the right to that information it will ‘confuse' you. For once, I ...