Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights

The Council is of the opinion that the amounts of compensation adopted by the Council, that is, 250, 400 and 600 are much lower than those it had proposed. The Commission would have preferred the amounts to be higher, but it recognises that the amounts adopted by the Council represent a substantial increase in comparison to the amounts provided for in the actual regulation. The Commission believes that the common position does not modify the objectives or the spirit of its proposal and therefore supports the common position.�