The president of the United States, Joe Bidenannounced this Monday that his government is preparing a new regulation which it will force airlines to give extra compensation to passengers when they are responsible for it delays and cancellationsSt.
“My administration will be proposing a new groundbreaking rule that ORit will force all US airlines to do so fix with meals, hotels, taxis, rebooking fees and cash, miles or coupons travel when YESare guilty of the cancellation or delay,” the president said in a press statement.
So far there are only two major airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue, which in addition to the usual compensation – such as food or hotel vouchers – offer travel vouchers when the difference from the initial departure time exceeds three hours.
Only Alaska Airlines agrees to award miles in these cases, but no airline in the country guarantees monetary compensation.
“The passengers from Canada, the European Union and other places already receive these compensations. And you know what? They work. According to a study, the number of delays in the European Union it has decreased when airlines were forced to compensate passengers for delays,” Biden said.
The Democratic president stressed that his government will present it new rules” later“.
Your ad is added to the launch of a new one Web page (flightrights.gov) that provides passengers more transparency on compensation in the event of delays and cancellations, which also includes information on the companies that give cash, miles or travel vouchers.
Biden stressed that the passenger “deserves more than to see the price of his ticket compensated” because your time “counts”.
“We are making progress, but we need to do more reverse decades of corporate power concentration and continue to lower prices and increase opportunities for families,” he said.
Millionaire fines against the backdrop of Southwest Airlines
The Department of Transportation stressed in a statement that the envisaged regulations aim to ensure that passengers they are better protected against economic losses which may result in a cancellation or delay.
The announcements come on the eve of the start of summer season and after last Christmas the winter storm Elliot will cause thousands of cancellations and will particularly affect Southwest Airlines.
The Department of Transportation recalled this last year “record” fines. which has helped “hundreds of thousands of people” recoup “hundreds of millions of dollars” for delayed or suspended flights.
New regulations may force airlines to do so inform passengers in a “proactive” way about the compensation to which they are entitled in the event of changes of more than three hours in domestic flights, e more than six in international.
They may also be required to offer travel vouchers with no expiration date when a person cannot travel due to a contagious disease.
“The summer season will put tremendous pressure on the system and we must continue the work. (…) We work to ensure that Americans have a better experience with our transportation system,” Secretary Pete Buttigieg added to the press.
Source: Clarin
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