Plans to entitle more passengers to flight delay compensation have been dropped from initial reforms aimed at protecting consumers, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
Last year, the Government consulted on making travellers eligible to claim payouts for domestic flights that arrive at their destination an hour late. But it said on Tuesday “further work” is needed before the rules are changed.
The UK uses the European Union’s EU261 rule, which means passengers on flights shorter than 1,500km (932 miles) can claim £220 for delays of more than three hours – but nothing for shorter hold-ups. The DfT proposed replacing this system with a model similar to the one used by rail and ferry operators, which links compensation amounts to the cost of travel.
