• The Trump Administration withdrew a proposal for mandatory airline compensation for flight delays. • The proposal mirrored European Union rules that require carriers to pay up for long delays. • Consumer advocates liked the idea, but US airlines lobbied against it, citing high costs.

In the European Union, a 2004 law guarantees airline passengers up to $700 as compensation for delays of three hours or more. The Trump administration just killed a similar proposal for American travelers.

On Friday, federal officials withdrew a Biden-era proposal that, if enacted, would have required airlines to compensate passengers up to $525 for carrier-caused domestic flight delays between three and nine hours and $750 to $775 for those exceeding nine hours.

It would have also required airlines t

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