Sentences with phrase «airline passenger rights»

«Small steps are important,» says Halifax airline passenger rights advocate Gabor Lukacs, adding that each airline's specific policy is outlined in their written tariff.

The rulemaking proposed today is a part of the Department's broader effort to strengthen airline passenger rights and improve information available to the public.

Many Americans are familiar with our crusade against distracted driving, our fight to give airline passengers the rights and respect they deserve and our push to hold automakers accountable for safety defects in their vehicles.

We on the Court of Appeal judgment in Huzar v Jet2 affecting airline passengers rights to compensation payments for delay or cancellation.

Not exact matches

Before travelers consider giving new meaning to «red - eye flight,» note that airlines reserve the right to turn passengers away if they appear intoxicated, just as they do if they are acting violently, yelling, or appear ill.

The U.S. Department of Transportation states that each airline must «give all passengers who are bumped involuntarily a written statement describing their rights and explaining how the carrier decides who gets on an oversold flight and who doesn't.»

The NDP this month proposed an Air Passengers» Bill of Rights, which would require airlines to pay customers $ 100 for each hour trapped on the tarmac up to the cost of the ticket.

Sally Greenberg of the National Consumers League discusses the push for passenger rights following the House Transportation Committee's hearing with airline executives on customer service.

According to a May 12 letter made public by passenger advocacy group Flyers Rights this week, the Department of Transportation decided not to fine the airline.

In a response to the incident, United Airlines said that it reserved the right to refuse boarding for passengers who were not properly clothed according to its contract of carriage, with discretion left to gate agents.

With household incomes on the rise, passenger satisfaction looking strong and the busy summer travel season right around the corner now might be a good time for investors to consider the airline industry.

Moreover, to have him forward facing in the infant carrier with the other seat reclined would have meant that the other seat would be right in his face — for an airline so focused on comfort of one passenger, this solution seemed to totally disregard the comfort of another.

These are the same rights that airline passengers currently have.»

Customers have been reduced to clamoring for an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights that mandates potable water, ventilation, and working toilets during grounded flights.

Austria's far - right looks set to be part of the country's next government, with polls showing it on course to hold the balance of power ahead of Austria said on Thursday it has begun organising the repatriation of an estimated 5,000 passengers stranded by the grounding of the airline Niki, a unit of

The Department has launched an airline passenger microsite to make it easy for travelers to understand their rights.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have a right to know how much they will have to pay,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«Airline passengers have rights, and this new rule would enhance passenger comfort and reduce any confusion surrounding the use of electronic cigarettes in flight,» said Secretary LaHood.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have a right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers buy an airline ticket, they have the right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«When passengers book air travel, they have the right to know which airline will be operating their flight,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Under the Montreal Convention, an international agreement that sets liability limits for international air transportation, airlines are liable for damages caused by lost, damaged or delayed baggage up to a 1,131 Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) per passenger, an amount that is currently the equivalent of just over $ 1,800 in U.S. currency.

«Airline passengers have the right to all necessary information when choosing their flights so that they can make the most informed decisions to fit their needs,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«Passengers with disabilities have rights and they have a right to be treated fairly and with respect by the airlines,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

«Airlines may not leave passengers stranded indefinitely aboard an aircraft, whether on the tarmac or at the gate, and passengers have a right to know if they are able to leave the plane,» said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

It's not popular but it's official: Hawaiian Airlines have been awarded the right to keep on weighing their larger passengers on its route to American Samoa.

Charles Leocha, Chairman and Founder of Travelers United, speaks about the increase in voucher values across the board at the wake of the United Airlines incident and basic passenger rights.

Scott McCartney from The Wall Street Journal talks about passenger rights and the United Airline incidents that have shocked the travel industry in these last few weeks.

While some frequent flyers see their relationship with their favorite airline as a bit contentious, they might be surprised to know that at least one airline says it has the right to treat passengers unfairly and in bad faith.

Passengers in Singapore Airlines Suites Class will also have access to two washrooms right in the nose of the A380.

The perks that elite status brings have become more coveted as airlines have started charging for, eliminating, or making passengers duke it out for things that travelers once viewed as basic amenities meals, space, baggage, upgrades, and boarding rights.

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But the airline's CEO also told Bloomberg that Singapore has had trouble securing so - called Fifth Freedom rights, which would allow it to carry passengers between the U.S. and an intermediate country.

Mike Cernovich says this man's fellow airline passengers exercised one of his favorite rights: The right «to exercise our freedom to kick the asses of people who get out of line.»

The Court held that Airline Passengers have the right to the fixed monetary compensation under Article 7 (1) of Regulation 261/2004 (the Regulation) in case of a delay of three hours or more.

From personal experience I can assure you some airlines (maybe lots of them) still omit to inform passengers about their right to compensation in case of long delay (indeed, if they inform passengers at all).

In this report, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) called for an Airline Code to champion the rights of Canadian air passengers and an Air Passenger Complaints Commissioner.

Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org noted: «This decision leaves passengers with the onerous burden of having to file lawsuits in multiple countries to preserve their rights to recovery for personal injury, death, baggage or delay compensation against airlines.

Now, more than ever before, it's a good idea to have the right luggage to avoid airline checked bag fees and because cruise lines allow passengers to skip the checked luggage line if they can carry it themselves.