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Jet2, easyJet, TUI Passengers Warned of '14 Day Rule' Change for Flights
The Department for Transport says the change could reduce last-minute cancellations and cut wasted fuel as airlines face summer disruption.
- The Department is seeking feedback on plans to relax the 14-day rule, allowing airlines to consolidate passengers onto fewer aircraft amid uncertainty regarding jet fuel supplies caused by the Middle East crisis.
- With jet fuel supplies under pressure, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander stated the legislation aims to give families "long-term certainty" and allow airlines to adjust flights in good time to avoid disruption.
- Consumer experts warned that passengers currently benefit from a 14-day rule, and it's "not fair" for travellers to be moved at the last minute to accommodate airlines without compensation.
- Operators including British Airways, Ryanair, Jet2, TUI, and Wizz Air could combine flights under the proposal. The Conservatives claim it could result in passengers being "herded on to a different plane, at a time of the airline's choosing."
- Rob Bishton, Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Authority, said passengers are "well protected by some of the strongest rights in the world." In significant delays of 2 hours for short-haul, 3 hours for medium-haul, and 4 hours for long-haul, travellers receive care and assistance.
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edinburghlive.co.ukAir passengers warned of proposed '14-day rule' change this summer
The Department for Transport is consulting on new measures that could change airline passenger rights this summer amid ongoing Middle East uncertainty
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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easyJet Jet2 Ryanair TUI passengers told of '14-day rule' change
The Department for Transport is consulting on changes that could affect passenger rights under the '14-day rule' this summer, amid concerns over jet fuel supply shortages caused by the ongoing Middle East crisis
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jet2 Ryanair TUI passengers warned over 14 day rule flight change
Millions of Britons have already booked their summer holidays but consumer experts warn that proposed government changes to airline rules could affect passenger rights this summer
·Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
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