Ryanair set back in volcanic ash case

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Series Details 23.3.12
Publication Date 23/03/2012
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Ryanair’s fight against laws obliging it to feed and lodge airline customers stranded by events such as the 2010 volcanic ash cloud might have been dealt a blow by the Opinion expressed by an Advocate General of European Court of Justice on the case in march 2012.

Yves Bot, one of the Court’s Advocate-General, published an Opinion stating that airlines were not exempt from regulations requiring them to pay for stranded passengers’ hotels, meals and drinks even if flight cancellations were caused by circumstances beyond their control.

The ECJ has yet to issue its judgement in the case but often decides along the lines of Opinions from the Advocate-General.

Related Links
Irish Times, 23.3.12: Ryanair loses EU ash cloud test case http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0323/1224313768126.html
ECJ: Opinion of Advoate General Bot delivered on 22 March 2012 (1) Case C‑12/11 Denise McDonagh v Ryanair Ltd. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62011CC0012:EN:HTML
BBC News, 31.01.13: Ryanair ash cloud case: EU's top court rules against airline http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21273666
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-01/cp130008en.pdf http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-01/cp130008en.pdf

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