Airline Industry’s Challenge to New Law Dismissed
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ALBANY — A federal judge dismissed an industry trade group’s challenge to the New York law requiring airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets, and fresh air to passengers stuck on the ground for more than three hours.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn concluded yesterday those provisions are “presumed” and constitute a health and safety issue, not airline “services” that can be regulated only by federal authorities.
New York lawmakers passed America’s first “airline passenger bill of rights” after a series of delays last winter at John F. Kennedy International Airport left some passengers stranded on the tarmac for more than 10 hours with no food or water, overflowing toilets, and no air conditioning.
