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The liberalisation of air transport has brought clear advantages for airline passengers. One need only think of the significant reduction in air ticket prices and, consequently, the impressive increase in passenger numbers. To this we can add that the internal market itself is underpinned by the freedom of movement. There are, however, from the point of view of the passenger/consumer, certain aspects that need to be looked at once again, specifically with regard to the all too common practice of what is known as ‘overbooking’ by airlines and to those cases (not covered in the previous set of regulations) in which passengers are re-routed onto other flights which take them on to their final destination, albeit with some delay. The current situation has resulted in justifiable complaints from passengers, especially with regard to the disruption and trouble caused by delayed or cancelled flights. Many airlines have committed themselves to responding better to passenger expectations, but what is really needed is a new regulatory framework to protect passengers’ rights. This is the aim of the Commission proposal and also of the Lisi Report. I have voted in favour of this report, all the more because it has weighed up the various interests in this field and contains a set of reasonable compromises which, for this very reason, received the broad consensus of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism."@en1
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