BRUSSELS — Co-legislators from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU paused negotiations on the air passenger rights reform on Wednesday morning without reaching a deal, but agreed to resume talks in the afternoon.
Negotiations ended at 5 a.m. after 16 hours of inconclusive discussions on several parts of the reform, including the delay threshold granting the right to compensation and the level of compensation passengers would receive.
Council and Parliament tried unsuccessfully to agree on a flat compensation amount, regardless of flight distance. But the idea failed to convince many countries, while MEPs pushed to raise the amount to €350 and include an inflation-adjustment mechanism, making the proposal even less attractive to governments already skeptical of higher compensation costs.