Spirit Airlines Must Remit Canceled Flight Security Fees to TSA

Spirit Airlines violated federal law when it retained security fees from travelers who canceled their flights instead of giving the money to the Transportation Security Administration, a federal appeals court ruled.

The administration has statutory authority to collect security fees even when a customer doesn’t travel or when Spirit refunds the fee through travel credits, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said in a Monday opinion rejecting the airline’s petition for review.

Spirit Airlines filed the petition ...