Trump admin ditches Biden-era plan to make airlines pay compensation for flight disruptions
The Trump administration on Thursday said it is abandoning a Biden-era plan that sought to require airlines to compensate stranded passengers with cash, lodging and meals for flight cancellations or changes caused by a carrier.
The proposed rule would have aligned US policy more closely with European airline consumer protections. It was proposed last December in the final weeks of then-president Joe Biden’s administration, leaving its fate in the hands of his Republican successor.
