US Department of Transportation (DOT) yalengeza zachitetezo chambiri motsutsana ndi ndege zisanu ndi imodzi, zomwe zidalipira ndalama zoposa theka la biliyoni kwa anthu omwe anali ndi ngongole yobweza ngongole chifukwa cha ndege yomwe idayimitsidwa kapena yosintha kwambiri. Zindapusazi ndi gawo la ntchito yomwe DOT ikupitilira kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu aku America akulandira ndalama zomwe abweza kuchokera kundege.
Chiyambireni mliri wa COVID-19, US DOT alandira madandaulo ochuluka kuchokera kwa apaulendo apandege okhudzana ndi kulephera kwa ndege kubweza ndalama munthawi yake ataimitsidwa kapena kusinthidwa kwambiri.
"Ndege ikaimitsidwa, okwera omwe akufuna kubweza ndalama ayenera kubwezeredwa mwachangu. Izi zikapanda kutero, tikhala tikuchitapo kanthu kuti tiyankhe ndege m'malo mwa apaulendo aku America ndikubweza okwera ndalama zawo. ” adatero mlembi wa US Transportation a Pete Buttigieg. "Kuyimitsa ndege kukukhumudwitsa kwambiri, ndipo simuyenera kudandaula kapena kudikirira miyezi ingapo kuti mubwezedwe."
Kuphatikiza pa ndalama zoposa $ 600 miliyoni zobweza ndege zomwe zabweza, dipatimentiyi idalengeza lero kuti ikuwunika ndalama zoposa $ 7.25 miliyoni pamilandu yapachiweniweni motsutsana ndi ndege zisanu ndi imodzi chifukwa chochedwa kubweza ndalama. Ndi chindapusa chamasiku ano, dipatimenti yoona za chitetezo cha ogula pa ndege yayesa $8.1 miliyoni mu zilango zapachiweniweni mu 2022, ndalama zazikulu kwambiri zomwe ofesiyi idapereka mchaka chimodzi. Ndalama zambiri zomwe zawunikiridwa zidzasonkhanitsidwa monga malipiro ku Dipatimenti ya Treasury, ndipo zotsalazo zidzaperekedwa chifukwa cha malipiro omwe amaperekedwa kwa apaulendo kupyola malamulo ovomerezeka. Zoyeserera za dipatimentiyi zathandizira kuti anthu mazana masauzande okwera apatsidwe ndalama zoposa theka la biliyoni pakubweza zofunika. Dipatimentiyi ikuyembekeza kutulutsa malamulo owonjezera owunika zilango za anthu chifukwa chophwanya chitetezo cha ogula chaka chino.
Malipiro omwe amawunikidwa ndi kubwezeredwa zofunika kuperekedwa ndi:
- m'malire - $ 222 miliyoni pakubwezeredwa kofunikira ndi chilango cha $ 2.2 miliyoni
- Air India - $ 121.5 miliyoni pakubwezeredwa kofunikira ndi chilango cha $ 1.4 miliyoni
- TAP Portugal - $ 126.5 miliyoni pobweza ndalama zomwe zidalipidwa ndi chilango cha $ 1.1 miliyoni
- Aeromexico - $ 13.6 miliyoni pakubwezeredwa kofunikira ndi chilango cha $ 900,000
- El Al - $ 61.9 miliyoni pakubwezeredwa kofunikira ndi chilango cha $ 900,000
- Avianca - $ 76.8 miliyoni pakubwezeredwa kofunikira ndi chilango cha $ 750,000
Pansi pa malamulo a US, oyendetsa ndege ndi ogulitsa matikiti ali ndi udindo walamulo wobwezera ndalama kwa ogula ngati ndegeyo isiya kapena kusintha kwambiri ndege yopita, kuchokera ndi mkati mwa United States, ndipo wokwerayo sakufuna kuvomereza njira ina yomwe aperekedwa. Sizololedwa kuti kampani yandege ikane kubweza ndalama m'malo mwake ipereke ma vocha kwa ogula.
Ndalama zomwe zalengezedwa lero ndi imodzi mwazinthu zambiri zomwe Dipatimenti ikuchita pofuna kuteteza ogula. M'munsimu muli zina zomwe DOT yachita:
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- law, airlines and ticket agents have a legal obligation to refund consumers if the airline cancels or significantly changes a flight to, from and within the United States, and the passenger does not wish to accept the alternative offered.
- A majority of the assessed fines will be collected in the form of payments to the Treasury Department, with the remainder credited on the basis of payments to passengers beyond the legal requirement.
- In addition to the more than $600 million in refunds airlines have paid back, the Department announced today that it is assessing more than $7.
