The U.S. Transportation Department has levied a hefty fine of $1.5 million on Emirates for operating flights in airspace where they were prohibited, carrying the designator code of JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU).
The department revealed that Emirates had conducted a significant number of flights between the United Arab Emirates and the United States from December 2021 to August 2022. These flights, carrying JetBlue’s code, were operated in airspace that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had restricted to U.S. operators.
This action also violated a consent order issued in October 2020, which had previously fined Emirates for operating other flights in prohibited airspace, Reuters reported on ...