Frontier Airlines Owes TSA $5 Million in Fees, Court Affirms (1)

Frontier Airlines Inc. must pay the US Transportation and Security Administration $5.4 million in security fees related to one-way trips customers canceled between 2016 and 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said.

TSA didn’t exceed its authority under a federal statute when it demanded the fees from Frontier, nor did the agency improperly request them because the airline provided refunds to customers, Judge Paul J. Kelly said Monday in a split decision.

This opinion comes about one week after the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Spirit Airlines violated the Aviation and Transportation Security Act when it retained ...