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A flood of compensation claims?

PostPosted: 23 Oct 2012, 10:32
by Sealink
TUI, BA and easyJet face flood of compensation claims

TUI Travel, British Airways and easyJet could be forced to pay passengers millions of pounds after losing a two year legal battle to overthrow a European law that states they must pay passengers for long delays.

Re: A flood of compensation claims?

PostPosted: 23 Oct 2012, 11:48
by Ian6969
Interesting article, but like it says atthe bottom, this ruling won't make any difference to how difficult claiming can be :(
Companies will depend on the average person not having the will or stamina to argue with the operators v(

Re: A flood of compensation claims?

PostPosted: 23 Oct 2012, 21:45
by RedVee
Using the industry's own data, the percentage of flights that fall into the category of "delayed" for the purposes of EU261/2004 is estimated at 0.15% - hardly a deluge. There may be an initial surge due to (most) airlines having refused claims until this judgement was handed down today.