&nbsp;On 15 June 2026&nbsp;, a provisional agreement on a review of air passenger rights rules reached by Parliament and Council negotiators secured unanimous backing from the EP delegation to the so-called Conciliation Committee. The deal seeks to protect passengers against travel disruption, such as denied boarding and delayed or cancelled flights. MEPs have secured an air passenger rules deal that maintains compensation for three-hour delays, ensures faster reimbursement, fee-free child seating and flight price transparency.

Compensation and duty of care Parliament’s negotiators resisted a push to weaken air passenger rights. Under the deal, air travellers maintain the right to be reimbursed or re-routed and to claim compensation if a flight is delayed by more than three hours, if it is cancelled less than 14 days before a flight, or if they are denied boarding.

Compensation for delayed or cancelled flights will depend on flight distance: €250 for journeys up to 1,500 km, €400 for journeys between 1,500 km and 3,500 km, and €600 for all other longer journeys. Air carriers will have the possibility to reduce compensation by 50% for their longest journeys if passengers are offered re-routing to their final destination following travel disruption, or if the delay at arrival does not last more than four hours.

Passenger rights

The Commission proposed to make 2021 the European Year of Rail to support the delivery of its European Green Deal objectives in the transport field. A series of events, campaigns and initiatives in 2021 will promote rail as a sustainable, innovative and safe mode of transport. This proposal shall also help to step up the pace of rail modernisation, which is needed to make rail a more popular alternative to other transport modes.

New rules for rail passenegers, voted by the EP in April, will better protect and assist train travellers, by guaranteeing rerouting and helping passengers when their train is delayed or cancelled. The new law will also improve access and assistance to people with reduced mobility, and will help the introduction of more dedicated spaces for bicycles on trains.

2021 European Year of Rail

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EP Plenary Session - Voting session

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EP Plenary session - European Year of Rail (2021)

2021 European Year of Rail - Illustration of the railway station in Brussels

2021 European Year of Rail - Illustration of railroad maintenance in Mulhouse

2021 European Year of Rail - Illustration of the railway station in Strasbourg

2021 European Year of Rail - Illustration of the TGV technical center of Bischheim

EP plenary session - Rail passengers' rights and obligations

MEPs vote on the following reports: CORMAND - Request for the waiver of the immunity of Harald Vilimsky / SYPNIEWSLI - Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler / SYPNIEWSLI - Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas / PIERA - Request for the waiver of the immunity of Alvise Pérez / POLFJÄRD - Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed / DORFMANN - Production and marketing of forest reproductive material / METZ - Single European railway area: use of railway infrastructure capacity / GLUCKSMANN - Screening of foreign investments in the Union / BUDKA - Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines

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Passenger Rights apply for delays and cancellations for air, rail, ship or bus passengers when travelling in the EU. This infoclip is illustrating passengers departing from airports and rail stations in Europe (Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia).

Infoclip: Passenger rights

MEPs debated and approved the agreement with member states on the revised rules on rail passengers’ rights. The rules will guarantee that passengers can be re-routed and receive help when there are delays and cancellations. Access and assistance will improve for people with reduced mobility, and there will be more dedicated spaces for bicycles. Extracts from the debate with Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL), Rapporteur, Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Sven SCHULZE (EPP, DE), Johan DANIELSSON (S&D, SE) and José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ (Renew, ES), announcement of the results and illustrative shots.

Rail passengers' rights and obligations: extracts from the debate (28/04) and from the vote (29/04)

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on rail passengers' rights and obligations (recast): opening statements by Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL), rapporteur and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Rail passengers' rights and obligations: opening statements by Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL), rapporteur and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs (recast)

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on rail passengers' rights and obligations.

Rail passengers' rights and obligations: MEPs debate (recast)

During the plenary session (26-29 April 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on rail passengers' rights and obligations (recast): closing statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs.

Rail passengers' rights and obligations: closing statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs (recast)

This infoclip illustrates the tests of the world's 1st hydrogen powered train. The Coradia iLint trains will be operated on nearly 100 kilometers of line running between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervorde and Buxtehude in Germany: views inside the train, passengers compartment, Hydrogen station, production factory of the train.

Infoclip: Railway - EU technology - Hydrogen train

The EU established a set of basic rights for rail passengers. These rights provide for all passengers, including those with reduced mobility, a harmonised minimum level of protection, information and assistance. Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL), Rapporteur, gives a statement following the vote on his report by the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN). The vote was approved by 36 for, 6 against and 4 abstentions.

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