Long tarmac delays are on the rise at U.S. airports. What airlines owe inconvenienced passengers depends on the length of the holdup and what country they’re in. By Christine Chung The airplane ...

Bad weather forced nearly 300 Delta passengers from Mexico to spend the night on the tarmac — because their planes were diverted to a regional airport in Alabama with no customs to process them.

If your flight is stuck on the tarmac past a certain point, airlines may owe you. But there’s a catch. The protections for U.S. airline passengers are “rudimentary” compared with those in ...

Nearly 300 Delta Air Lines passengers experienced a night of chaos and delays last week after poor weather forced two international flights to divert to a regional airport without customs ...