President Joe Biden will announce on Monday new rules requiring airlines to compensate passengers for significant flight delays or cancellations.
Travelers look at a display board showing canceled and delayed flights at Orlando International Airport on New Year's weekend, despite thousands of flight cancellations and delays across United States.President Joe Biden will announce on Monday that the U.S. Transportation Department aims to write new rules requiring airlines to compensate passengers for significant flight delays or cancellations when carriers are responsible.
USDOT said it plans to write regulations that will require airlines to cover expenses such as meals and hotels if carriers are responsible for stranding passengers. Most carriers voluntarily committed in August 2022 to providing hotels or meals but resisted providing cash compensation for delays. The Biden administration has sparred with U.S. airlines over who was to blame for hundreds of thousands of flight disruptions last year.
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