NEW AIRLINE PASSENGER PROTECTION RULES UP LOST BAGGAGE FEES, PENALTIES FOR CARRIERS

Requirements Designed to Help Passengers, Officials Say; Industry Groups Raise Cost Questions For Americans who have had their baggage lost on flights, or who have spent hours stuck on the tarmac without creature allowed to use the bathrooms, a new set of rules the Department of Transportation put in place today will come as a relief.

The Obama administration has introduced new passenger protection measures that would impose fines on airlines for losing baggage and kicking off travelers from overbooked flights. Under the new guiding principle, airlines would have to give money back baggage fees in the case of a lost bag, in addition to the compensation they already pay. There will be an additional incriminate for even-tempered delays in getting passengers their bags, though the DOT has not clarified what it considers unreasonable.

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