The China Air Transport Association (CATA) yesterday denied media reports that it would provide cash compensation for flight delays of more than four hours.

Chinese media recently reported that "passengers whose flights are delayed for more than four hours will be offered cash compensation." According to the report, the China Air Transport Association (CATA) has issued a new compensation guideline to Hubei Airport Group Co., which will offer 200 yuan in cash to passengers whose flights are delayed for four to eight hours due to the carrier, and 300 yuan to passengers whose flights are delayed for more than eight hours.

In response to this, the relevant personage of China Aviation Association said that China Aviation Association did not issue this standard to Hubei Airport Group Corporation. The person said that catA is a national association of civil airlines as the main legal entity, will not issue such standards to airports. However, sources from the ASSOCIATION also revealed that the association has recently issued a draft to some Chinese airlines to solicit opinions on the compensation for flight delays, which will last until early March next year. And said that after the consultation, will be compared by the Civil Aviation Administration of policy formulation and issuance. The association said it could not predict or respond to the possible date of the policy's introduction and implementation.

About China national aviation association draft and distributed to the airlines media solutions whether there is any discrepancy, China national aviation association who first pointed out that according to arrange airline passengers take high-speed rail in the original estimated arrival time is 4 hours to arrive without compensation, there is no such thing as this clause in the draft, compensation "have nothing to do with high iron".

As for the specific amount of cash compensation reported by the media, 200 yuan for four to eight hours and 300 yuan for more than eight hours, THE ASSOCIATION did not explicitly deny, but said that the specific amount and plan is only for consultation, and needs to be further detailed.

In 2004, CAAC issued guidance on Economic Compensation for Flight Delay, stipulating that passengers should be compensated for a flight delay of 4-8 hours or more due to the carrier, which can be realized in the form of cash, ticket discount and mileage refund. But the guidelines did not specify a specific amount, and the current compensation plans of airlines are very inconsistent.