&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.

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EP Plenary session - Rail passenger right and obligations

2021 European Year of Rail - Freight transport at the Port of Strasbourg (Port Autonome de Strasbourg)

EP Plenary session - European Year of Rail (2021)

2021 European Year of Rail - Illustration of commuters at the railway station of Karlsruhe

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.

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)

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)

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.

Railway regulation - passengers rights and obligations: statement by Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL), TRAN Committee

This infoclip illustrates the freight transport by rail and the Intermodal freight transport by container. Views of the Rhine Europe Terminals (RET), which is responsible for managing the container and heavy package terminals in Strasbourg and containers loading on trains. 2021 has been designated European Year of Rail, to stir debate on railways’ contribution to the European Green Deal and the environment.

Infoclip: Railway - Freight transport

During the plenary session (14-17/12) of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on the European Year of Rail (2021). Statement by Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur, Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN, European Commissioner for Transport, Benoît LUTGEN (EPP, BE), Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA (RE, ES), and Jakop DALUNDE (Greens/EFA, SE).

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