Ryanair will reimburse canceled flights but controversy opens

The Irish airline Ryanair decided to refund the some 600 flights that it canceled during the European general strike of the crew but the controversy was mounted for "pecuniary compensation "

The low-cost airline informs that all affected pbadengers, whose flight was canceled, received an e-mail or text message asking them if they wished to proceed with boarding in a new flight (after cancellation) or if you want to receive a refund of the ticket price. The charge against Ryanair was that it did not agree to grant "monetary compensation" to pbadengers who had to suffer the inconvenience of canceling the flight. flight. The dispute this time does not come from a trade badociation but directly from the British Aviation Authority (Caa).

The company replied as follows: " compensation is not provided as cancellations the flights were caused by extraordinary circumstances". According to the EU261, financial compensation is not due when the union acts unjustifiably and cancellations or delays are totally outside the control of the airline . "The low cost thus relieved the union of responsibility, which, likewise, acted" unjustifiably "causing the cancellation of the above-mentioned 600 flights in just two days. British aviation has asked the company, in accordance with the agreements and regulations, a monetary compensation of 250 euro per pbadenger: as provided by the EU regulations: if a company cancels a flight within two weeks from departure, the pbadenger has to pay the sum of money mentioned above.In Italy, we heard the Codacons who defined " illegal " the behavior of the low cost defining it as a " company result of the law . "The consumer badociation has therefore submitted a formal complaint to the 28 lawyers in which are based the Italian airports involved in the strike

The" pecuniary compensation "results from a deci of the European Court of Justice of 2009, which applies in some cases. case, including the delay of more than three hours departure from the aircraft or means of transport if it depends on circumstances controllable by the company. Each time, however, companies find themselves in difficulty, precisely because of the difficulty in applying it

That being so, it would seem that Ryanair does not grant the monetary compensation required by British aviation and Codacons.