Eu Regulation 261/2004

[jd_1984]

Some "Experts" including Martin Lewis (who I actually take notice of) are claiming that this regulation will almost certainly go in time as a result of Brexit.

Regulation (EC) 261/2004 requires airlines compensate passengers if their flight is cancelled or heavily delayed.

Previously, airlines routinely refused to pay out for delays caused by a technical fault, claiming they counted as extraordinary events.

It currently applies to any flight leaving an EU airport and any flight into the EU on an EU-based airline.

Does this bother anybody, has anybody benefitted from this regulation?

[hc4361]

Doesn't bother me in the least. Most delays aren't covered by this reg anyway - it has to be the airline's fault. If it's due to weather, terrorism or anything else not in the control of the airline then there is no compensation.

[237SJ]

I don`t know how he knows that but anyway ... yes, my sister has sucessfully claimed on two occasions.

[hc4361]

He knows that because it only applies to EU countries.

[237SJ]

It depends how many rules and regs the UK decides to stick with or if the government (or CAA) brings in it`s own regulations.

[Quoi]

i have claimed before and I have to say it was a bit of a mission even with the regulation.
If the regulation wasnt there I would have put the experience down to bad luck that my flight was delayed and would have dismissed it approx 1 minute later.

[jd_1984]

I find it unsettling that carriers would be able to interpret and regulate for themselves what counts as a technical issue and what simply couldn't be forseen or avoided. I felt that this regulation was a positive thing for travellers genuinely put out through no fault of their own. Naturally you can not set policy for extreme weather, acts of terrorism etc and I don't think anyone expects that. I don't know a huge amount about the reg but I would imagine it forced more transparency from the airlines who simply couldn't "palm" passengers off...

[hc4361]

I predict that if there is no compensation scheme in place for UK travellers the price of airfares will fall. It is the passengers that are paying for this scheme.

However, airfares may go up if European airports charge UK flights more to land and take off.

[Quoi]

This is exactly what I dont want from the EU or any government - I dont need nannying anymore.
If it happened enough to irritate me I wouldnt use that airline again - thats how the world works.
I accept what I get in return for cheap fares.

[Buenchico]

Copied & pasted from my reply to a post yesterday:

>>> airlines will no longer be bound by the compensation scheme for delays

Some will, some won't.

The compensation rules apply to all airlines based in the EU and to any airlines flying to or from an airport within the EU. So flights operated by Ryanair (based in Ireland) will always be covered, as will flights to and from the UK to any other EU country.

However long-haul flights originating or terminating within the UK will no longer be covered by the rules (unless, unusually, they're operated by an airline based within the EU) or flights to and from Israel, Turkey, Morocco, etc (again, unless they're operated by EU-based carriers).

[zebo]

My daughter was delayed on a flight by almost 3 hours, she got an email from Ryanair telling her was entitled to compensation and she has received almost £200. The funniest part was that she was flying there and back on the same day and she would have had 3 hour wait before the return flight so she still got her return flight and was home when expected.