3 quick business reads from the day

Wright-Patt Credit Union today will open a new location at 1298 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn.

The Miami Valley’s largest credit union will host a ribbon cutting ceremony today for the new center.

“The opening illustrates the credit union’s nearly 85-year commitment to serving the community and the people that work and live there,” the company said in a statement.

The center has a lobby with dialogue stations, a drive through, ATM and two drive-up personal tellers which feature technology to help members with transactions, the credit union said.

The location was the site of a proposed Long John Silvers restaurant. THOMAS GNAU

AIRLINES

Airlines fined for passenger complaints

The U.S. Department of Transportation fined three airlines that fly out of regional airports for violating consumer rules.

Frontier Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines were fined, the DOT said.

Frontier Airlines was hit with a $400,000 fine for violating federal oversales and disability rules, American Airlines was fined $250,000 for failing to make timely refunds to passengers, and Delta Air Lines $200,000 for filing inaccurate baggage reports to the department.

The DOT said Friday it found that Frontier “failed to seek volunteers before bumping passengers involuntarily, failed to provide bumped passengers the required written notice describing their rights, and failed to provide proper compensation to passengers in a timely manner.”

Frontier also failed to provide passengers with disabilities prompt and adequate wheelchair assistance, the department said.

The DOT also found that American “failed to process refund requests in a timely manner.”

Delta was fined for underreporting to the government the number of mishandled baggage reports it received from passengers. “The underreporting made Delta’s ranking in the Department’s Air Travel Consumer Report seem better than it was at various times,” the DOT said in its statement on the fines.

Delta and American fly out of Dayton International Airport. All three airlines fly from airports in Northern Kentucky and Columbus, as well. THOMAS GNAU

RESTAURANT

Bagel place to open in Kettering

The Dayton area’s first Barry Bagels restaurant will open today at 4313 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering.

The 1,800-square-foot restaurant is part of a Toledo’ based chain that serves bagels and bagel sandwiches, along with soups and salads. The new restaurant will offer delivery and catering, and will employ about 20, its franchise owners have said.

Barry Bagels operates seven restaurants in northern and central Ohio, as well as two in Michigan.

The shops hours will be 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday.

The restaurant, adjacent to a Firehouse Subs sandwich shop, formerly housed a Sumera Sushi eatery. MARK FISHER

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