Airlines Must Now Provide One-Page Passenger Rights Summary
Published Date: 4/24/2026
Rule
Summary
Starting May 26, 2026, airlines must create and share a simple, one-page summary of your passenger rights about delays, cancellations, baggage, and boarding. This info will be easy to find on their websites within 90 days after approval from the government. If you fly, this means clearer info and better transparency—no more guessing what you’re entitled to when travel hiccups happen!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
One-Page Passenger Rights Posted Online
If you fly, airlines must post a simple one-page summary of passenger rights about delays, diversions, cancellations, baggage, and boarding. The rule is effective May 26, 2026, and carriers must make the summary available in a prominent location on their websites within 90 days after they submit it to the Department. Carriers are not required to submit or post the summary until the Department announces OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Airlines Must Submit Rights Summary to DOT
Covered air carriers (U.S. and foreign air carriers as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102) must submit a one-page Passenger Rights Summary to the Department of Transportation. The submission requirement is tied to the rule effective May 26, 2026, but carriers must wait to submit until the Department announces OMB approval; after a carrier submits, it has 90 days to post the summary on its website.
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