Here Are the New Air Passenger Protection Measures Ottawa Is Proposing

Here Are the New Air Passenger Protection Measures Ottawa Is Proposing
People are shown at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on March 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette
Chandra Philip
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The federal government has proposed new measures dealing with air passenger rights and how passengers are compensated for cancelled flights or flight disruptions, among others.

Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR) originally came into effect in 2019. However, there has been a high number of complaints to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), with 150,000 complaints filed since the APPR came into effect.