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From October 19, ten kinds of airline delay stop counting as the airline's fault in federal statistics, including unscheduled maintenance and medical emergencies. DOT's own rule says passengers will be offered fewer meals, hotels and credits as a result.
A Transportation Department rule published September 3 takes effect October 19. It creates a new 'Section 511(b)' category in the monthly delay and cancellation reports airlines file, and moves ten causes out of the 'Air Carrier' category into it: among them unscheduled maintenance, a passenger medical emergency, removing an unruly passenger, cleaning after a passenger's death, cyberattacks and some government system failures. Congress required the change in the 2024 FAA reauthorization. The rule says that because airlines promise meals, hotels and sometimes compensation only for delays they control, 'the number of delays and cancellations for which air carriers provide amenities and compensation to consumers is expected to be reduced', and calls it 'a transfer of value from consumers back to air carriers'. It does not say how many flights are affected, and it says nothing about cash refunds for cancelled flights.
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