US sets aside Biden-era proposal to compensate air travelers for delays

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00:00Airline passengers hoping for bigger compensation after flight delays may have to hold their breath.

00:06The Department of Transportation is pulling back on a Biden-era plan that would have guaranteed

00:11meals, hotels, flight rebooking, and cash payments when airlines were responsible for disruptions.

00:20The proposal first introduced in 2023 would have required U.S. and foreign airlines

00:25to create detailed customer service plans. Passengers would have received cash payments

00:31ranging from $200 to $775, depending on the length of the delay. A DOT spokesperson told news outlets

00:39some rules proposed under the previous administration went beyond what Congress required. The agency said

00:46it remains committed to ensuring passengers receive refunds for canceled or significantly delayed

00:52flights, while also balancing practical considerations for airlines. Airlines praised

00:57the decision, saying it reduces unnecessary and burdensome regulations and allows carriers to

01:03focus on practical solutions for customers. Currently, U.S. law requires airlines to refund

01:10canceled flights, but there is no mandate to compensate passengers for delays. By contrast,

01:16many other countries, including Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, require airlines to provide

01:21cash payments or accommodations for long delays or cancellations. Read the full story right

01:27now on the Straight Arrow News mobile app or on SAN.com. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Kaylee Carey.