{"id":1021064,"date":"2026-06-12T03:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1021064\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:13:36","slug":"eu-nears-an-air-passenger-rights-reform-deal-with-few-fans-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1021064\/","title":{"rendered":"EU nears an air passenger rights reform deal with few fans \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reform revamps rules on carry-on baggage, family seating, compensation for delays and cancellations and other issues \u2014 all of which are largely agreed \u2014 leaving a big fight over how easily passengers can file claims for canceled or delayed flights.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our objective is to strengthen passenger rights while ensuring that the rules remain workable, legally sound, and sustainable for the aviation sector,&#8221; the Cypriot Council presidency said after an earlier round of talks.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of clashing interests. Consumer groups want it to be as easy as possible for passengers to get cash, airlines are wary of measures that would increase payouts, and compensation-claim firms, which help passengers file claims against airlines, worry that reforms could drive them out of business. <\/p>\n<p>Member countries are divided. Some, like France and Germany, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/news\/219661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">favor measures<\/a> that keep costs low for airlines, while others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/the-air-war-over-hand-baggage-reaches-the-eu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like Spain<\/a>, back pro-consumer elements. The European Parliament broadly supports stronger passenger protections.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current system, many travelers are unaware of their right to compensation, while others struggle to navigate often-complex compensation procedures or challenge opaque airline explanations for refusing claims.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to make it easier for passengers to get compensation, an <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/news\/219563\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">earlier plan<\/a> would have required airlines to send a pre-filled form to them when flights are canceled or delayed by at least three hours. But that was then watered down to airlines sending passengers an email with a link to a form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reform revamps rules on carry-on baggage, family seating, compensation for delays and cancellations and other issues \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1021065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[18991,2437,30,2000,299,5187,2441,809,282434,2443,48],"class_list":["post-1021064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-airlines","tag-companies","tag-courts","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-markets","tag-negotiations","tag-ourania-georgoutsakou","tag-regulation","tag-rights"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116734959414520192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1021065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}