Ryanair wants ash compensation
23.05.10
Ryanair has submitted claims to the Irish and UK Governments for compensation for the disruption to its flights from the closure of airspace due to the volcanic ash cloud. The airline told the Irish Sunday Independent that it has submitted what it termed ‘reimbursement claims’ to both Governments.
A Ryanair spokesman told the newspaper: ‘We will be seeking reimbursement of our losses and expenses from the UK and Irish Governments in line with the guidelines set out by EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas.'
‘The current regulations -- which impose an unlimited liability on airlines to compensate passengers for their expenses, when travel insurance companies, trains, ferries and bus providers pay nothing because it is an Act of God / Force Majeure event -- are patently unfair and discriminatory.'
‘If the Governments expect the airlines to reimburse these expenses, which were not caused by any fault of the airlines, then clearly the Governments will have to reimburse the airlines. Ryanair has already submitted reimbursement claims to both the Irish and UK Governments.’
Asked if Ryanair was in a position to quantify how much compensation it would be seeking, the spokesman said simply: ‘It is impossible to quantify the costs of these unnecessary and unjustified airspace closures, because they are still continuing and therefore rising.’
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