Overview

• Transport ministers agreed to raise the compensation threshold from three to four hours for flights under 3,500 km and to six hours for longer routes.
• Passengers would receive €300 for qualifying short-haul delays and €500 for extended flights under the new proposal.
• Flightright estimates that up to 60% of current compensation claims could be voided if the revised rules are adopted unchanged.
• German MEPs including Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Jens Gieseke and Markus Ferber have pledged to defend the existing three-hour threshold in Parliament.
• Airline lobby groups and Poland’s EU Presidency argue the changes reflect operational realities and introduce more than 30 new passenger rights.