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Late flight? Get your money back!
New law to reimburse passengers of delayed flights
Aaron Kalman is a former writer and breaking news editor for the Times of Israel
Passengers wait at Ben Gurion airport (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
Airlines will compensate passengers for flights arriving more than two hours late, and fully reimburse those who are delayed more than eight hours, the Knesset’s Finance Committee decided on Wednesday.
The law, initiated by MK Ahmad Tibi (Ta’al) and pushed through by head of the Finance Committee Carmel Shama Ha-Cohen (Likud), means passengers will suffer less when their flights are late, MKs said.
The new decree is set to come into effect in August.
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