Just one country badly affected by a changing climate as World Leaders gather in new york for the u. N. Climate summit. This is the business im joined on in berlin while we begin with the collapse of the worlds oldest travel Company Thomas Cook had stopped operating after failing to secure a last minute bailout thats left more than half a 1000000 holidaymakers around the world stranded well have more on that in a minute but heres a look back at that era thats now come to an end it all began 178 years ago as a father and son outfit offering modest trips between english cities but it grew into a multi 1000000000. 00 travel firm with global reach and 22000000. 00 customers at the turn of the century the group expanded rapidly buying up Tour Operators hotels and Airlines Across europe among the firms subsidiaries are Tour Operator necromancer which offers trips to customers in germany switzerland austria and others to that coax planes the groups the Airline Business comprise comprises of
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inconvenienced. i made my flight. and i don t think they would have given me 600 euros. the point is they re trying to hold airlines accountable if they ve got skin in the game and delay you or cause you inconvenience, they should pay up. the flip side argument if they have to pay out anybody that is delayed or cancelled. what s that going to do to airfares? in theory, up, up, up. somebody s going to pay it. but it pertains to those situations where you miss the last connection and you re stuck overnight. well, listen, obviously, you re stuck at airports, ander oh, by the way, there s no hotel that has a room for you, yeah, they should probably pay up for that. i think we ll have to see the details and they ll be in the fine print. as you know, this is washington, nothing happening quickly here, it s a slow roll. we hear from all sides including the airlines and airlines aren t going to like this and stakeholders and decide this is action before it becomes a rule.
hours or more, we ll get the details later. you re right, if it s an act of god, a snowstorm or weather, no, you re not getting money for that, that s not their problem. but if they haven t staffed properly for the flight. if they got a mechanical issue, they haven t unloaded the bags, there s a series of issues, then, you would be due money, at least to what biden administration is proposing. is this for travelers in europe? is it does, under eu law you can get money back. here s an example. i flew from oslo to copenhagen to washington. my oslo to copenhagen leg i was delayed. 45 minutes, not a big deal. and i still made my connection, copenhagen to d.c. but because of that delay, i got an email saying under eu law you re entitled compensation up to 600 euros depending on your situation. i didn t apply for it, i wasn t
government may not stop there. is there a possibility that you would require the airlines to get people cash? that soluty something thatunropos goal. reporter: he pointed to the european union which makes airlines pay 250-600 euros for avoidable delays. the us are necessary. reporter: u.s. carriers pushed back today arguing they will just have to pass those new costs onto customers. ticket prices will go up plain and simple, that s what happened in europe, that s what will happen here. reporter: the ten largest airlines do guarantee meals and free rebooking when delays are there fault. none of them also cover hotel stays. airlines say they are already doing some of this voluntarily and you don t need to make a rule. i guess i would say if they are already doing this, then they should not mind us making a rule. reporter: one big question is who would determine when the delays are the airline s fault, think back to december when the
to 600 euros, right? the united states for that to happen. it is not a rule passed by the secretary s but congress has to do something to pass the law. the last time congress passed something like this was that time where people got stuck on a plane for eight hours on a jetblue flight and they passed the passengers bill of rights and you cannot be stuck one or two hours but go back to the gate. what happen in this congress or should happen nancy mace had there will be a hearing, mary cantwell and these hearings should lead to legislation were conch it, congress says if you do what southwest has done to their passengers we will pass a law to hold these airlines accountable that allows gives the secretary the authority to fine them and get this money back to the consumers, period. katie: i guess pete buttigieg gets credit for showing up to work when m.i.a. was shipping containers stuck offshore and m.i.a. real strike and import culture go on vacation. joey: he gets credit for