Airline-bankrolled lawmakers just added language to a bill that could undermine Biden’s promise of automatic refunds on canceled or delayed flights.
Oliver Dowden, Angela Rayner and Mhairi Black recall Frank Field who has died at the age of 81.
Budget airline Bonza has collapsed into voluntary administration - as its planes are repossessed and flights are cancelled.
One person was said to have collapsed in scenes branded a 'disaster' and an 'absolute shambles'
Under the new rule, airlines must automatically refund passengers for changed flights, delayed baggage and services not provided.
“Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them - without having to ask,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.
The PSD-PNL Coalition convened at the Government today to discuss Cătălin Cîrstoiu’s candidacy for the Capital City Hall amidst allegations of incompatibility. Despite ranking third in recent polls, Cîrstoiu trails behind Nicușor Dan and Cristian Popescu Piedone by a significant margin. Sources told Digi24.ro that the PSD no longer accepts Cătălin Cîrstoiu in any form […]
NATO countries have failed to deliver in good time what they promised to Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said Monday, as Russia rushes to exploit its battlefield advantages before Kyiv’s depleted forces get more Western military supplies in the war that has lasted more than two years.
Turkey will likely announce support for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s bid to take over as the next NATO secretary-general. Rutte is expected to visit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, although the trip is not on Rutte’s public agenda.Erdogan is expected to make the decision over the course of the meeting or soon after, sources close to the Turkish leader told Bloomberg. It could be announced within a few weeks, the news agency reported.
Ryanair urges European Commission to protect overflights and keep EU skies openRyanair has demanded that the EU reform its skies after the airline was forced to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe scheduled for Thursday because of a strike by French air traffic controllers.The cancellations come in spite of the withdrawal of strike action by one of the biggest unions, the SNCTA, which came too late to avoid disruption after France’s civil aviation authority asked airlines to cut flights....
Airlines are notorious for their reluctance to issue refunds for canceled or delayed flights, making the refund process a nightmare for countless travelers. You practically have to beg for a refund, and the airlines employ a bureaucratic labyrinth that makes it very difficult to communicate with them. — Read the rest