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Which airlines are committing to help passengers get compensation?

Sixteen major airlines have committed to improving compensation rights for passengers whose flights were cancelled due to the pandemic.

01/10/2021

Europe News

EU starts legal action over cancelled flights compensation

The European Commission says too many passengers whose flights were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic have not been refunded on time or have been offered only vouchers, in violation of EU rules.

03/07/2020

World News

COVID-19: Air France-KLM expands refund policy for cancelled flights

The French-Dutch carrier says all passengers whose flights are cancelled amid the pandemic are eligible for refunds, regardless of the date.

12/06/2020

World News

'Consumers are not banks': EU states told to do more on flight refunds

"Of course the airlines have a cash flow crisis, but it’s probably nothing compared to the cash flow crisis being faced by many households," one of the authors of the EU’s air passenger rights law tells Euronews.

13/05/2020

World News

Euroviews. The broken airline delay compensation scheme needs fixing to benefit airlines and passengers ǀ View

The EU passenger compensation scheme is broken. The mechanics of the program are not working today for airlines or passengers. That is because there is no uniform arbiter for when passengers are due compensation, and no streamlined process for either passengers or airlines to settle up.

13/02/2020

World News

Group aims to make airlines give greater compensation

A passenger rights expert talks to euronews about why just refunding the price of a canceled flight ticket is not good enough

10/08/2018

Portugal

Passenger taken off plane for 'horror' smell dies

A passenger who was taken off a plane because of his 'horror' stench earlier this month has died due to necrosis.

01/06/2018

United Kingdom

Disruption continues at British Airways

29/05/2017

USA

United Airlines and ejected passenger reach a settlement

United Airlines and the passenger violently dragged off a plane reach a settlement for an undisclosed sum, as the company seeks to contain the fallout from the incident.

28/04/2017

World News

Rights for EU passengers

Airlines overbook their flights, so what are your rights if you get affected in Europe?

18/04/2017

Business Series

United boss calls passenger dragging incident 'a watershed moment'

United Airlines assures investors it will rebound from the PR disaster of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat on an overbooked plane.

18/04/2017

USA

Delta Airlines flights resume

Computer systems crashed earlier on Monday, leaving planes grounded and passengers stranded at airports around the globe.

08/08/2016

Belgium

Walloon rail strike halts trains in Belgium and beyond

Rail workers in Brussels and southern Belgium are carrying out a 48-hour strike which disrupting connections as far away as London and Paris. Both

06/01/2016

My Europe Series

New EU passenger rights

20/06/2013

My Europe Series

Air passenger rights in the EU

15/02/2013

My Europe Series

Compensation when denied the right to fly

20/07/2012

My Europe Series

Rights for disabled flight passengers

15/06/2012

My Europe Series

Flight cancellations: Passengers' rights

01/06/2012

My Europe Series

Airline companies and lost luggage

25/05/2012

My Europe Series

Reporter's afterthought

02/04/2012