Trump Administration Ditches Plan to Compensate Stranded Flyers

The US Transportation Department is abandoning an effort started by the Biden administration to require 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 isn’t authorized under existing law to require such reimbursements or compensation, and it isn’t convinced the changes would “yield meaningful improvements in airline flight performance.”

It also said industry groups such as Airlines for America and the International Air Transport Association estimated such a rule would cost carriers at least $5 billion a year, and that “could potentially be ...