Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 65127

Aviation: Compensation

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring airlines to issue compensation for denied boarding automatically.

Answer

Mike Kane
An assessment of the merits of automatic compensation for denied boarding has not been made. Provision of automatic compensation to passengers for denied boarding would present some practical challenges that would need to be fully considered through a ful...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 65127) →