Increases Compensation For Bumped Passengers; Proposes
LaGuardia Caps
US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Wednesday a
series of new measures to strengthen airline passenger protections,
improve consumer choice and reduce congestion -- including doubling
the limits on compensation airlines must pay flyers bumped from
oversold flights, and establishing operational improvements to cut
delays this summer.
"We are taking steps to improve the travel experience, cut
delays and lower fares in one of America's busiest aviation
markets," Peters said.
The Department finalized changes Wednesday to Part 250, the
so-called bumping rule, which doubles the limit on compensation
airlines must pay passengers who are involuntarily bumped from
their flight. Under the