FAA Plans to Toughen Safety Rules for ‘Travel Hack’ Flights (1)

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to impose tougher safety requirements on public charter airlines such as Dallas-based JSX, a move toward closing what critics have called a loophole in US aviation rules.

The new regulations aim to ensure that public charters that effectively operate like a typical commercial airline abide by the same safety rules, the FAA said in a statement on Monday. JSX markets itself as “the ultimate travel hack” because passengers can bypass airport crowds and security lines.

“If a company is effectively operating as a scheduled airline, the FAA needs to determine whether those operations should follow ...