EU likely to dilute air passengers’ rights

‘Pay-on-delay’ doesn’t help customers, major airlines insist

Representatives from Qantas Group and Virgin Australia appeared before the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee on Monday, with both airlines saying that EU and Canada-style customer compensation schemes increase airfares and do not lead to better outcomes.

The revision of the air passenger rights regulation

The revision of the air passenger rights regulation sandrine.carpentier Tue, 03/18/2025 - 17:09 In 2013, the European Commission proposed to update the Air Passenger Rights Regulation, a 2004 Regulation giving important rights to passengers when flights are cancelled or delayed. However, since then the file has been blocked in the Council of the European Union. The proposal is now back on the negotiating table, in need of a revamp. Tue, 03/18/20…

EU likely to dilute air passengers’ rights

Rate this post The European Union has long boasted of one of the strongest regulations covering the rights of air passengers, with the world’s highest compensation rates for a variety of failures of the airlines, ranging from overbooked flights and delayed flights to misplaced baggage. However, the European Commission, which has been assailed by airlines and aviation associations of being too harsh, is now said to be considering a dilution of th…

A revision of the amounts of compensation for passengers, in the event of delays and cancellations of flights by air, is under way at European level. Passengers could lose big.