Airline Passenger Protection Partnership

Nearly two years after sharply criticizing the federal transportation department for failing to respond to thousands of consumer complaints against airlines, the Biden administration inked an agreement with several states, including Colorado, to allow local officials to investigate alleged violations of consumer rules. The agreement does not give states enforcement authority — powers that dozens of…

Alongside Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in Denver International Airport, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a new partnership between 25 states and the Dept. of Transportation to help better protect passengers from airline abuses such as late or partial refunds for cancellation, mistreatment of wheelchairs and other offenses.