New EU flight rights unveiled

New regulations cover delays and cancellations and its about time the customer had more rights but will this push the prices even higher........

Airline passengers will get new rights for delays, cancellations and other problems when new European Commission proposals come into force next year.
The measures, which still have to be approved by the European Parliament, will extend consumers' rights to assistance and compensation to rescheduled flights as well as those that are delayed or cancelled. Airlines will have to place passengers on alternative airlines if delays are longer than 12 hours.
The proposals will also ban airlines from charging for making corrections to misspelt names on tickets if the changes are made within 48 hours of booking, and they set out passengers' rights if they are stuck on a plane waiting to take off.

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Been through all that crap, I should use my full name on tickets ?. What Reginald rumplestiltskin van hoogan straten, it wont fit ,
Airlines have it it too good too long

fares will rise to cover these changes

I recently booked our flights to Florida with Virgin, when I had completed the booking I received a pop-up which said do you realise you have paid the most tax for flights in THE WORLD. They did a breakdown, the return flight was £158 and the tax £337 per person!!! This Government are raking it in and by 2015 they expect to collect £3.9billion in APD revenue.