During our Gondo trip we had some inconveniences with flights. We missed our connecting\u00a0flight\u00a0both ways\u00a0because\u00a0the first leg of\u00a0our flights\u00a0was late.<\/p>\n
This is mainly a climbing blog and I don’t usually write about this kind of things but now I’ll make an exception. I don’t think there are too many experienced climbers around who have never missed their flights. I’ve personally\u00a0experienced delayed luggage three times and I’ve missed my connecting flight twice. It’s\u00a0fairly often considering\u00a0I don’t travel that much.<\/p>\n
There are big changes to be seen in the European airline industry if the European Court of Justice\u00a0holds it’s opionion in cases C\u2011581\/10\u00a0and C\u2011629\/10.\u00a0On May 15th\u00a0they gave their Opinion of Advocate General which\u00a0is in line with the Sturgeon Bock C-432\/07.\u00a0The final judgement will come out in about four months but as of now\u00a0it looks like\u00a0everyone with delayed flights of more than three hours\u00a0are entitled to the same compensation as with denied boarding or cancelled flights.<\/p>\n
The compensation depends on the flight distance and it\u00a0is\u00a0either 250\u20ac, 400\u20ac or 600\u20ac. It applies to flights within\u00a0Europe or with one point in Europe.\u00a0Of course, the airlines are not too willing to pay this money and they are very reluctant to speak about it.<\/p>\n
More reading on the issue: Excerpt from C-581\/10: During our Gondo trip we had some inconveniences with flights. We missed our connecting\u00a0flight\u00a0both ways\u00a0because\u00a0the first leg of\u00a0our flights\u00a0was late. This is mainly a climbing blog and I don’t usually write about this kind of things but now I’ll make … Continue reading
\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regulation_261\/2004<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n“passengers whose flights are delayed may rely on the right to compensation laid down in Article 7 of Regulation No 261\/2004 where they suffer, on account of a delayed flight, a loss of time equal\u00a0to or in excess of three hours, that is to say, when they reach\u00a0 their final destination three hours or more after the arrival time originally scheduled by the air carrier”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"