"The expression of apology", Munoz said.
United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said Wednesday that the passengers can take the compensation in cash, travel credits or miles.
Dao was one of four passengers involuntarily bumped from a United Express flight from Chicago to Louisville, Ky. after airline employees failed to find volunteers willing to switch to a later flight.
On March 26, a United gate agent refused to let two people onto a plane because they did not meet the dress code required of passengers using free company tickets.
But facing a PR disaster on Tuesday evening, Munoz issued a new statement saying he "continues to be disturbed" by what happened and the airline would "fix what's broken so it never happens again". "And this can never, will never, happen again on a United Airlines flight". At least three officers involved in the incident have been put on leave, according to Chicago's Aviation Department.
The department said it is continuing its investigation.
Video of the incident has been shown around the world. He said United had to "re-accommodate" the man, who was bloodied in the encounter with security officials. "Currently, they are focused only on Dr. Dao's medical care and treatment", the family said in a statement released by lawyers.
"I will NEVER take United airlines for any reason & will continue through my life to tell as many people as I cannot to fly with your company". When that did not work, they offered $800 per seat.
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Pence said after the meeting that Trump believes it is in America's interest to negotiate economic deals on a bilateral basis. Soon after Trump took office, he pulled the US out of the TPP - which needed all the signatory nations to ratify the deal.
"Overbooking", or selling more seats than the airplane has is a way to pad profits by increasing the likelihood of full flights, even with inevitable cancellations.
"It doesn't matter if United Airlines followed their rules", Levick said. If those crew members didn't get on board, a United spokeswoman said, their flight would have been canceled. The attorneys also want United's protocol for removing passengers from commercial aircraft. David Dao, anxious to get to his patients in Kentucky, could be seen in a cell phone video before the incident frantically roaming about the cabin repeating "I have to go home", in a thick Vietnamese accent.
Alderman Mike Zalewski says he does not know who will represent the airline before the city council's Aviation Committee.
Chicago Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans will also speak.
Oscar Munoz, the CEO of United Airlines, appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday to apologize for the incident captured in widely circulating videos in which a passenger was forcibly dragged off of a United plane on Sunday.
From cutting food offerings, to drastically reducing legroom, to consolidating the industry through buyouts, private airline companies have tried their best to maximize profit by squeezing customers (sometimes literally), and now, United has taken to defending their bottom line with violence.
On Tuesday, Munoz offered a stronger mea culpa for the "truly horrific event", saying, "No one should ever be mistreated this way".
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