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April 20 (Bloomberg) - air passengers U.S. can collect $1,300 when they are forced to abandon their siege on an overbooked flight, an increase of 63%, under a federal rule taken final today.In addition, foreign carriers must release the passengers to their aircraft stuck at U.S. airports within four hours or face fines as high as $27, and airlines must reimburse the cost of luggage if the bags are lostthe regulations issued by the U.S. Department of transportation. "" Air passengers have the right to be treated fairly, "Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. The rule affects foreign carriers, including British Airways Plc and Air France-KLM Group and national airlines such as Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Continental Holdings the action is a victory for advocates of consumers such as Kate HanniExecutive Director of NapaFlyersRights.org based in California, who have been pressing the protections more after a rule LaHood last year forced U.S. carriers to let passengers had stranded for more than three hours.The rule will be cost carriers 30.7 million over 10 years, with more than two-thirds coming from new disclosure requirements for fees, advertising and extension of the tarmac-delay provision to foreign carriers, in accordance with the rule.Stuck on the Tarmac "our companies member airlines will implement the new rules as efficiently as possible," said Nicholas Calio, Director General of the Air Transport Association in Washington, in a statement. The members of the Group of trade include Delta and United.Passengers on a Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. flight were stuck on the tarmac at the Airport International John-f.-Kennedy of New York for almost 12 hours in December that they were waiting for a gate after a snowstorm. Such delays to Kennedy by international carriers were an "important factor" in his decision to impose the rule, the Department of transport said in the statement.Airlines sell seats only available on a flight, often more bet that some travellers show. When a flight is oversold, carriers are generally volunteers by providing incentives, including the exhibits before forcing the airmen to give up their seats.Bumping involuntarily rate 1.09 per 10,000 passengers last year, 1.23 downwards in the same period in 2009, according to the statistics of the Ministry of transportation.Bumping RatesPassengers can collect $1,300 to $ 800 currently to be bumped domestic flight if they arrive at their destination more than two hours later than scheduled, according to the new rule.Consumers can collect more than $ 650 to $ 400, if they get to their destination within two hours of the time under the rule.Previously, payments were raised in 2008, the first increase since 1978. The LaHood rule adjusts bumping of payments for inflation every two years.Rules also prevent carriers from excluding government taxes and fare announcements go and obliges to disclose highlight all potential charges on Web sites, according to the Declaration.LaHood rule also would leave passengers Cancel reservations within 24 hours of booking a flight without penalty, prohibit price increases after the tickets are purchased and require airline companies to notify consumers of delays of more than 30 minutes.-Editors: Steve Geimann, Andrea Snyder, James Callan
To contact the reporter on this story: John Hughes in Washington at jhughes5@bloomberg.net.
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