EUROPEAN air travellers will still have the protection of new legislation, universally condemned by the airlines, following an appeal thrown out last week by the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice.
Although not always able to see eye to eye on matters the hearing was jointly brought by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the European Low Fares Airline Association.
Essentially the carriers say that delays and cancellations are mostly beyond the control of the airlines.
Comment by easyJet”s Toby Nichol typifies the airlines” response ”The European Commission is trigger happy to penalise low-fares airlines when it turns a blind eye to the billions of euros that go into carriers like Alitalia or Olympic Airlines. Meanwhile, tube and rail operators have no such obligations whilst more billions keep pouring into their infrastructure. I hope passengers appreciate the nonsense that this situation represents.””
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