Trump withdraws legislation to compensate passengers for delays
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Travelers in the US cannot count on financial compensation if their flight is delayed, unlike in the European Union. Plans for this, drawn up by the former Biden administration, have been definitively scrapped by President Donald Trump.
In the event of a cancellation, airline passengers are entitled to refunds, but the idea was to also compensate them for lengthy delays.
This would have meant compensation of up to $300 per person for domestic delays of at least three hours, and a maximum of $775 per person for delays of nine hours or longer on long-distance flights.
The Trump administration sees no merit in the plans, which would cost airlines a lot of money and create a significant administrative burden.
In September, it was already announced that the bill would likely be torpedoed, after which Democratic senators made a final plea to implement the consumer-friendly rule.
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