Why the government saved Flybe and two months later let it collapse

2020-03-06T11:28:11+00:00January 14th, 2020|Flight Compensation, Flybe|

Three government ministers agree last minute rescue deal to save Flybe.  The package included: A possible short term deferral  of £106 million air passenger duty A potential loan [...]

Thomas Cook goes bust – Can I still make an EU261 claim?

2019-09-25T19:17:18+01:00September 25th, 2019|EU 261/2004 regulation, Flight Compensation, Thomas Cook Bankruptcy|

Thomas Cook Group including the Tour Operator and the Airline ceased trading on Monday 23rd September 2019 after failing to secure another £200,000,000 which its creditors believed was required [...]

British Airways suffers another IT failure causing 100s of flights to be cancelled. What are your rights?

2022-08-07T16:03:38+01:00August 7th, 2019|BA IT failure, EU 261/2004 regulation, Flight Compensation|

British Airways says it has fixed the IT glitch which caused more than 100 flights to be cancelled and more than 200 others to be delayed today (Wednesday [...]

EU 261/2004 – Airlines do all they can to resist paying claims

2019-07-01T20:15:39+01:00July 1st, 2019|EU 261/2004 regulation, Flight Compensation, Legal|

EU261/2004 is becoming a headache to the Airlines as people become aware of their rights.  The Airlines do all they can to resist such such claims.  Airlines are obliged [...]

Brexit uncertainty leads to Flybmi filing for administration

2019-02-17T10:27:57+00:00February 17th, 2019|Brexit, EU 261/2004 regulation, Flight Compensation, FlightBmi Bankruptcy|

The UK Airline announced yesterday afternoon (16th February 2019) that the group has filed for administration cancelling all flights.Flybmi is a regional UK airline based near East Midlands airport. [...]

Gatwick Airport Disruption: What are your rights?

2019-03-13T18:44:57+00:00December 20th, 2018|Extraordinary Circumstances, Flight Compensation, Gatwick Drone Disruption|

On Wednesday 19th December - Thursday 20th December, 2018 all flights to and from Gatwick were suspended to allow the police to investigate the sighting of two drones near [...]

Can Passengers claim Costs for unreasonable conduct?

2019-01-09T09:46:47+00:00October 12th, 2018|EU 261/2004 regulation, Extraordinary Circumstances, Flight Compensation, Legal|

AIR PASSENGER CLAIMS FOR DELAYED AND CANCELLED FLIGHTS. Airlines regularly seek to avoid or delay paying passengers compensation under Regulation (EC) number 261/2004 for delayed or cancelled flights. Should [...]

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