EU to Stop Airlines Charging Parents to Sit with Children
The reform also bars booking correction fees and requires clearer hand-luggage pricing, while keeping the current delay compensation system in place.
- Airlines will be banned from charging parents fees to seat children under 14 next to them under a new European reform announced Friday, also prohibiting charges for correcting booking spelling mistakes.
- Last year, the bloc's 27 member states attempted to reduce compensation for flight delays, but faced cross-party opposition from lawmakers determined to preserve passenger protections.
- Passengers remain entitled to between €250 and €600 for delays of three hours or more, depending on flight distance. A proposed ban on carry-on luggage fees was abandoned in favor of price display requirements.
- Representatives agreed on a text with broad lawmaker support following months of negotiation, clearing the way for provisional approval on Monday, Jun 15.
- "We have successfully defended air passenger rights," German lawmaker Jan-Christoph Oetjen said. The reform requires formal adoption by member states and lawmakers before taking effect.
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Brussels. Airlines will be prohibited from charging parents for sitting next to their children, according to a reform of the European Union (EU) on passenger rights agreed on Friday, diplomatic sources reported. EU countries also wanted to reduce the compensation that airlines currently have to pay for cancelled flights and long delays.However, plans were discarded after months of negotiations, as they encountered strong resistance from European…
Under a reform of European Union (EU) passenger rights agreed on Friday, which diplomats said would not include major changes, airlines will be banned from charging for children to sit next to their parents.
The European Union is going to ban airlines from charging parents extra for a seat next to their child, diplomats told news agency AFP. This is the result of an EU passenger rights reform agreed upon on Friday. The compensation airlines must pay for long delays and cancellations remains the same.
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