After more than a decade of wrangling, EU member states have thrown their weight behind a compromise on updated air passenger rights that largely preserves the status quo on compensation for delayed flights, avoiding what airlines had hoped would be a significant easing of their financial burdens.
On Friday, EU ambassadors approved the deal, negotiated under the Cyprus Council presidency with the European Parliament.
Only Spain and Latvia voted against the compromise, with Austria and Finland abstaining. Spain said the compromise was not ambitious enough.
