JetBlue must pay a $2 million penalty for operating “chronically delayed flights” on a handful of routes in 2022 and 2023, the Transportation Department announced Friday. The action marks the first time the department has fined an airline for the offense,

The fine is the first of its kind, but just a drop in the bucket for a company whose revenue was $2.4 billion during the third quarter of 2024.

JetBlue Airways will pay the first-ever penalty for delayed and cancelled flights, and the federal government will split the amount with customers.