Question follow-through · 1796
Aviation: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to update UK261 to protect UK air passengers travelling within the EU.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to update UK261 to protect UK air passengers travelling within the EU.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
The Government is clear that passengers should benefit from a high level of protection when travelling by air. UK261 provides equivalent passenger rights and protections to EU261, including rights to compensation and assistance in cases of delay, cancella...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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