JetBlue is fined $2 million by the DOT for consistent flight delays and unrealistic scheduling, with the airline responsible for over 70% of 395 total delays and cancellations.

JetBlue must pay a $2 million penalty for operating “chronically delayed flights” on a handful of routes in 2022 and 2023, the Transportation Department announced Friday.

JetBlue is getting hit with a $2 million penalty for chronically late flights. The Transportation Department said Friday that half the money will go to passengers who were delayed on flights along four routes on the East Coast between summer 2022 and late 2023.

JetBlue is the first carrier to be penalized by the Department of Transportation for unrealistic scheduling practice.

Under the penalty, JetBlue must pay $1 million to the U.S. Treasury and use the remaining $1 million to compensate impacted passengers, the DOT says. Customers will receive at least $75 if they experience any future JetBlue delays of three hours or more within the next year.

The U.S. Transportation Department imposed a US$2 million penalty on JetBlue Airways for operating four chronically delayed flights on domestic routes - the first time it has imposed such a fine on an airline for the prohibited scheduling practice.

"Today's action puts the entire airline industry on notice that we expect their flight schedules to reflect reality..."

JetBlue Airways Corp. was slapped with a $2 million fine by the US Transportation Department for routinely delaying some flights and setting

The Transportation Department’s first ever penalty for chronic delays takes aim at four routes that consistently arrived late for five consecutive months.

JetBlue has agreed to pay $2 million after federal regulators charged the U.S. airline with operating multiple chronically delayed flight routes, marking the first time the Department of Transportation fined an air carrier over its scheduling practices.