Overbooked Flights

• David Dao, bed bugs and brawls: The worst airline passenger incidents of 2017

  It all started in April when David Dao was forced out of his seat and dragged down the aisle on an overbooked United Airlines flight.

  Consumer

  Dec 20, 2017
  
• Stop bumping passengers from overbooked flights, Ottawa tells airlines

  The federal transport minister is urging the country's airlines to voluntarily stop removing passengers from full flights against their will before its legislation banning the practice comes into force.

  Canada

  May 19, 2017
  
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• Proposed airline passenger rights won’t mean an end to overbooking: experts

  Flights will still be overbooked, but passengers might get better compensation if newly-proposed rules on air travel go through.

  Consumer

  May 16, 2017
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• Delta to offer up to $10,000 to flyers who give up seats on overbooked flights

  Delta is hoping to avoid an uproar like the one that erupted at United after passenger David Dao was dragged off a jet after refusing to give up on his seat.

  Consumer

  Apr 14, 2017
• Forcing passengers from overbooked flights not tolerated in Canada: Transport minister

  Transport Minister Marc Garneau has issued a warning to Canadian airlines that forcibly removing passengers from overbooked airplanes will not be allowed.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2017
• Airlines pushing back on talk of banning overbooking flights

  With the U.S. federal government and a Senate committee looking into the dragging of a man off a Express flight, the airline industry is speaking up against any effort to bar them from overselling flights.

  Apr 12, 2017
• United Airlines didn’t bump as many passengers as these U.S. carriers last year: report

  It wasn't even in the top half last year.

  Consumer

  Apr 12, 2017
• Canada to unveil legislation to address overbooked flights

  It will come in an air passenger bill of rights that was promised last fall.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2017
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• What are your rights on an overbooked flight?

  It's a question that's been on people's minds since the United incident.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2017