00:00When your plane breaks down unexpectedly and your flight gets cancelled,
00:04airlines usually cover an overnight hotel or meal voucher,
00:07but a new rule says those breakdowns will no longer be the airline's fault.
00:12Here's what's happening.
00:13Airlines promise hotels and meals when a cancellation is within their control.
00:17A law Congress passed in 2024 pulls 10 causes out of that count,
00:21including when a plane breaks down unexpectedly,
00:24when they have to remove an unruly passenger, and a cyber attack.
00:27It was set to start October 19th until Airlines for America,
00:31the trade group for the biggest airlines in the U.S.,
00:33asked for more time and the department agreed.
00:36The group has argued airlines got blamed for disruptions they didn't control.
00:39The Department of Transportation wrote that the value of those hotels and meals
00:43moves from the travelers back to the airlines.
00:45This comes after a summer when nearly one in three flights didn't arrive on time
00:49and one in 13 were the airline's fault.
00:52This new rule alleviates some of those faults.
00:55Refunds still work the same.
00:57If your flight gets canceled and you choose not to fly,
00:59you still get your money back.
01:01And your pre-planned holiday flights aren't affected.
01:03This new rule applies to flights starting January 1st.
01:06Federal aviation rules say the airline is primarily responsible
01:09for keeping its planes airworthy.
01:11So now when one breaks, whose fault is it?
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01:16So now we're going to take a look at the airport.
01:16We're going to take a look at the airport.
01:16We're going to take a look at the airport.
01:16We're going to take a look at the airport.
01:16We're going to take a look at the airport.
