Karen Moscow

Transportation Department is abandoning an effort started by the Biden administration that required airlines to provide meals, hotels, and cash payouts to passengers affected by significant flight disruptions.

In a recent filing, the Trump administration said the department is not authorized under existing law to require such reimbursements or compensation.

It also said it is not convinced that changes would yield meaningful improvements.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who helmed the effort, said...

The initiative was important in protecting the rights of flyers.

Karen Moscow, Bloomberg Radio.

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So in the agentic checkout, for example, as I mentioned, you know, we're starting with a real user need, right?

And in this case, for the merchant, it's good in the sense that, you know, maybe they would have lost that customer otherwise, right?

Maybe they weren't ready to buy it at that price.

And so we think this is good for merchants and also for consumers.

Yeah, I think, again, so a lot of this is new.