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Estonia Among Six EU Nations Voting Against Flight Compensation Regulation
- EU countries agreed last week to increase the delay times before passengers can claim compensation for flight disruptions across Europe.
- This change follows 12 years of negotiations and aims to extend delay thresholds from three to four hours for short-haul and six hours for long-haul flights.
- The agreement also raises compensation for short-haul flights from €250 to €300 while reducing long-haul payouts from €600 to €500, sparking criticism from consumer groups and airlines alike.
- Consumer advocates argue the new thresholds will deny compensation to most passengers since most delays last between two and four hours, with Agustín Reyna calling it a “substantial rollback of key rights.”
- The reforms still need European Parliament approval and could cause confusion due to differing rules for UK and EU carriers, implying ongoing uncertainty for travelers’ rights and compensation.
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Airlines have to financially compensate passengers for delayed flights. The reform of EU air passenger rights would make passengers worse. What passengers need to know now.
·Germany
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The European Union imposes stricter rules for airline passengers, and for those facing a delayed flight, there will be fewer losses.
·Romania
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The Council of Transports of the European Union has decided some modifications to the regulation 261/2002 on the air transport that modify the mechanisms of compensation making them more complicated.
·Milan, Italy
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