CANADAHALIFAX news Force airlines to automatically compensate travellers, passengers’ advocate says by admin 11 يناير، 2023 written by admin 11 يناير، 2023 33 Gabor Lukacs serves as president of Air Passenger Rights CITYnews halifax \ Canadian Press Listen to this article OTTAWA — An advocate for air passengers says Canada should make it so travellers are automatically entitled to compensation from airlines when their flights are disrupted, rather than having to make claims on their own. Gabor Lukacs serves as president of Air Passenger Rights, a non-profit group that made recommendations to a parliamentary committee studying transportation issues last month. The calls for reform came just before thousands of travellers found their flights cancelled or delayed as a winter storm swept across parts of Canada leading up to Christmas Day. Hundreds of people found themselves stranded in Mexico after the destination airline Sunwing cancelled their flights due to poor weather. The airline went on to axe flights scheduled out of Saskatchewan until early February because of what it called “extenuating circumstances.” The company has since apologized, but MPs have launched an emergency committee study on the widespread disruptions felt across the country’s air and rail industries — and how they can be prevented. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra is set to appear before the House of Commons transport committee on Thursday. He has suggested that his government is eyeing ways to strengthen the regulations currently in place to protect passengers, including putting the onus on companies to reimburse travellers. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2023. The Canadian Press 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Fake Xanax bars may be tainted with fentanyl: Nova Scotia Health next post ‘Blood, money and drugs.’ Murder trial begins for former Halifax medical student You may also like Gas prices rise in HRM after carbon tax... 4 أبريل، 2025 Man facing charges after gun and ammunition seized... 4 أبريل، 2025 Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest... 4 أبريل، 2025 Atlantic premiers hold the line on retaliatory measures,... 4 أبريل، 2025 Halifax only paying for demolition of fire-damaged building... 4 أبريل، 2025 Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs 4 أبريل، 2025 تعهدات بواليافر وسينغ وبلانشيه لمواجهة رسم ترامب 3 أبريل، 2025 كندا تردّ بالمِثل: رسوم جمركية بنسبة 25% على... 3 أبريل، 2025 رسوم ترامب تدفع ’’ستيلانتيس‘‘ لتعليق العمل أسبوعيْن في... 3 أبريل، 2025 رسوم ترامب المتبادلة على عشرات الدول: كندا نجت... 3 أبريل، 2025