{"id":14488,"date":"2026-05-26T10:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:12:51","slug":"joint-call-on-eu-policymakers-to-uphold-and-strengthen-air-passenger-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/joint-call-on-eu-policymakers-to-uphold-and-strengthen-air-passenger-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint call on EU policymakers to uphold and strengthen air passenger rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European consumers deserve clear, enforceable and effective passenger rights. Any rollback would remove concrete protections from millions of Europeans and weaken citizens\u2019 trust in the Union\u2019s ability to deliver tangible rights. At a time when passengers still face frequent delays, cancellations, and complex, often ineffective complaint procedures, current discussions on the revision of the Air Passenger Rights Regulation are moving in this risky direction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any outcome that weakens current rights is unacceptable, and maintaining the existing rules would represent a better option in the absence of real improvements. Current rules have demonstrably and tangibly improved travel experiences and increased consumer confidence in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Passenger rights must not become an adjustment variable in response to geopolitical developments. This is a Treaty-based obligation. Article 12 TFEU requires the EU to integrate consumer protection across all Union policies. Article 169 TFEU mandates a high level of consumer protection and the promotion of consumers\u2019 fundamental rights and interests.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer and civil society organisations remain firmly committed to improving existing protections and call on the EU institutions to ensure that the revised Regulation includes the following key elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain the current compensation thresholds and amounts<\/li>\n<li>Align the list of extraordinary circumstances with EU Court of Justice case law<\/li>\n<li>Ensure effective enforcement through pre-filled compensation and reimbursement forms and binding obligations<\/li>\n<li>Prohibit unfair ancillary fees and unfair practices<\/li>\n<li>Expand the scope of the Regulation to all \ufb02ights to the EU<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen the rights of passengers with disabilities, reduced mobility and small children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Joint-call-on-EU-policymakers-to-uphold-and-strengthen-air-passenger-rights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full statement here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European consumers deserve clear, enforceable and effective passenger rights. Any rollback would remove concrete protections from millions of Europeans and weaken citizens\u2019 trust in the Union\u2019s ability to deliver tangible rights. At a time when passengers still face frequent delays, cancellations, and complex, often ineffective complaint procedures, current discussions on the revision of the Air Passenger Rights Regulation are moving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14493,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14488\/revisions\/14493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}