Smaller European Airlines Push Back on Passenger Compensation Reforms
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Currently, aviation fuel costs have practically doubled worldwide, with some companies warning of negative long-term effects on their profit margins.
Freedom Party MP Tina Angela Berger today sharply criticized the plans to amend EU air passenger rights and the role of the black-red-pink coalition in her speech to the National Council. The criticism stems from the negotiations at the EU level, which have been ongoing for over a decade and now threaten significant disadvantages for consumers instead of improvements. "They negotiate and negotiate, and in the end, nothing comes of it for the cit…
Regional airline CEOs warn new EU261 rules & fuel crisis threaten Europe air links
European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and its member airlines are calling on policymakers to pull the brakes on the ongoing revision and conduct a full impact assessment in light of the current geopolitical and economic environment. The 35 airline CEOs state in the letter to the policymakers: “Passenger rights should protect and connect citizens, not isolate them.” They urge to develop a compensation regime that recognises the unique role a…
Regional airlines warn EU261 reform could endanger essential European air links
Thirty-five CEOs of European regional airlines have warned that proposed revisions to the EU261 passenger rights regulation could threaten the viability of regional air services across Europe, particularly amid soaring fuel prices and geopolitical instability. In an open letter coordinated by the European Regions Airline Association, the airline leaders urged EU policymakers to pause the […]
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