Air Canada (AC) has paid $2,000 in compensation to a B.C. couple after a prolonged legal battle over a flight delay from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Costa Rica (SJO) in January 2020.
Compensation
When flights are oversold, airlines may bump passengers to free up seats. The Department of Transportation (DOT) mandates that airlines must first ask for volunteers to be bumped in exchange for compensation before involuntarily bumping passengers.
Qatar Airways is seeking $618 million from European plane manufacturer Airbus in a dispute over surface deterioration on 21 A350s.