Jan 22, 2017 · On the heels of yet another major airline instituting a fee policy for use of a plane’s overhead bin, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, today, sounded the alarm that even more airlines could follow suit as he made a public plea to the airlines choosing to adopt the new, restrictive policy that will ban the free use of overhead bins for ...

May 13, 2024 · After months of relentless advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today announced the Senate passage of the historic $105 billion five-year reauthorization Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve the safety of our skies, strengthen consumer protections for passengers & families traveling, and bolster the critical programs ...

Dec 9, 2021 · U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $4,701,099 annual subsidy for American Airlines to continue operations at Watertown International Airport.

Jan 31, 2025 · Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has hit back after Donald Trump cast blame, without evidence, about the collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane.

Jan 30, 2025 · Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) condemned President Trump’s claims that the deadly aircraft collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was caused by diversity,...

Jan 23, 2017 · At the time, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) scrutinized the airline for charging passengers to use “one of the last sacred conveniences of air travel.” Now, Schumer is going after American...

Jan 22, 2017 · Schumer has been put off by what he described as the latest affront to air travel: overhead bin fees. American Airlines recently announced that it would join United Airlines in …

Nov 1, 2022 · The senators including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Richard Blumenthal, Edward Markey and Ron Wyden, said airlines have been shrinking seat sizes since at least the 1990s — with seat pitch ...

Dec 10, 2017 · The Trump administration should back off its Grinch-like move to allow airlines to hide the cost of added bag fees, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday. “We are here to warn that consumers are not going to be informed of bag fees when they buy plane tickets for Christmas,” Schumer told reporters during a press conference […]

Feb 3, 2025 · Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed President Donald Trump's comments at the press briefing, during which Trump, without citing evidence, said diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the crash.