The Bush Administration has announced several new measures to reduce air travel delays over the upcoming holiday season and beyond. The announcement also included new proposals to increase a passenger's compensation when bumped from a commercial flight. Commercial air traffic will be able to travel through two East Coast areas previously restricted to military aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration will make a series of operational adjustments, including new procedures that will increase the number of planes that can land at New York’s Kennedy International and Newark Liberty in bad weather. The FAA has also called a moratorium on non-essential maintenance and operations - to keep the air travel system running at full capacity. The Department of Transportation issued new proposals to increase passenger rights and protections before the next winter travel season. These include a new proposal to require airlines to create legally binding contingency plans for extended tarmac delays, respond to all consumer complaints within 30 days, publish complaint information online, and provide on-time performance information for their international flights in addition to their domestic flights. DOT is proposing to require airlines to include all cancelled flights and tarmac delays in their monthly delay reports, something they aren’t currently required to do. The Department also is issuing a second notice of proposed rulemaking to increase the required financial compensation for passengers involuntarily “bumped” from their flights, from $400 to $800. To the unhappiness of air carriers, the announcement warns of “congestion” pricing at Kennedy International, but details won’t be known until December.