NEW YORK: Delta Air Lines has increased the maximum possible payout to passengers to nearly $10,000 if they voluntarily give up a seat on an overbooked flight, the company told AFP Monday.

The boost is part of the airline industry’s response to the global outrage sparked by last week’s violent removal of a customer from a United Airlines Chicago flight after he resisted being “bumped” by the carrier.

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