EU says airlines must compensate for fuel shortage flight cancellations
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Updated · The Guardian · May 8
EU says airlines must compensate for fuel shortage flight cancellations
9 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 8
Transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas told the Financial Times the rule applies this summer, as Lufthansa and Aer Lingus have already cancelled some flights.
He said high jet fuel prices are not extraordinary circumstances under EU law, unlike the UK, where penalties for such cancellations were eased last week.
Fuel costs have surged since the US-Israel war on Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, while Ryanair says hedging means no summer cuts and AirAsia calls the crisis worse than Covid.
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