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flight delay compo?

  • 18-02-2008 12:22pm
    #1
    steo123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭


    arrived back last nite from on aerlingus flights late early this morn was delayed by 2.5 hours
    due to "air traffic control problems"
    willi be entitled to any compensation?
    my understanding was that over 2hours im entitled to compensation by the airline?
    or do they have a getout clause as it is "not their fault" despite the fact ryan air flite at same time flew out on schedule
    any light any1


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  • #2
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,352 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    steo123 wrote: »
    arrived back last nite from on aerlingus flights late early this morn was delayed by 2.5 hours
    due to "air traffic control problems"
    willi be entitled to any compensation?
    my understanding was that over 2hours im entitled to compensation by the airline?
    or do they have a getout clause as it is "not their fault" despite the fact ryan air flite at same time flew out on schedule
    any light any1

    I think the have there bottoms covered when it happens due to strike.


  • #3
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    EU Regulation wrote:
    (14) As under the Montreal Convention, obligations on operating air carriers should be limited or excluded in cases where an event has been caused by extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Such circumstances may, in particular, occur in cases of political instability, meteorological conditions incompatible with the operation of the flight concerned, security risks, unexpected flight safety shortcomings and strikes that affect the operation of an operating air carrier.

    From http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32004R0261:EN:HTML


  • #4
    opa01_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭opa01_2000


    I was delayed for over 6 hours at Stansted by Ryanair. I faxed them to claim compensation but got the standard reply - it was for Health and Safety reasons that they were late flying which gets around the EU regulations.

    Funniest part was when the delay was announced at Stansted the Ryanair lady said "Don't be asking for vouchers (to spend during the delay), they won't give you anything"


  • #5
    dobsdave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭dobsdave


    Boggles wrote: »
    I think the have there bottoms covered when it happens due to strike.

    It was a work to rule though, not a strike.
    Do they have a way of squirming out of that too?


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