Revised airline compensation rules will do little to change status quo: experts

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TORONTO – Proposed changes to Canada’s passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted, say airline experts.

Ottawa has proposed an update to rules surrounding airlines’ obligations when a flight is delayed or cancelled by designating certain factors outside a carrier’s control, such as weather that could affect flight safety, as “exceptional circumstances.”

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