The team's strength is bolstered by our aviation disputes group, which advises on all aspects of aviation industry disputes including delivery disputes, lease defaults and repossessions,
airline passenger claims, risk management and contractual and insurance issues.
Not exact matches
The lawsuit also
claims Southwest
Airlines «placed profits and business over the safety of its customers» by not removing or warning
passengers about the «dangerous engine» on its Boeing 700 - 737 fleet.
United CEO Oscar Munoz
claimed the
airline company «followed established procedures» when aviation police removed a «disruptive and belligerent»
passenger from the plane.
Passengers claimed that the
airlines» collusion began in early 2009, led to higher fares and reduced flight choices, and together with low fuel prices and higher fees for checking bags and other services helped the industry post record profits.
Months before an airborne accident
claimed the life of a Southwest
Airlines passenger, the Federal Aviation Administration found that distrust between managers and mechanics at Southwest's Dallas maintenance base was so bad,...
If a fare can be voided for being an «incorrect price» there's nothing to prevent an
airline from overbooking with higher last minute fares, then
claiming it was an «erroneous price» once the
passenger gets to the gate to free the seat.
He also rejected Conservative calls for VAT on
passenger airline tickets,
claiming this would only save 50,000 tonnes of carbon by 2020.
Some
airlines have fought tooth and nail in court to try to reduce the number of
passengers that can
claim — and have previously put
claims on hold while they went to court.
Passengers can
claim compensation of between $ 250 (# 220) and $ 600 (# 530) if their flight was delayed by more than three hours and they meet the wider criteria for compensation (eg, travelling on an EU flight, delay has to be the
airline's fault and so on).
Some
airline passengers have been trying to get out of paying pet fees by
claiming their dog, cat or even pig is an emotional support animal.
However, things might not be «plane» sailing for every
passenger as a statement on the Monarch website states that: «Customers who booked flights directly with Monarch
Airlines from 15 December 2016 onwards are not ATOL protected and are not entitled to make a
claim to the CAA.»
CHECK - IN: My flight departed from Terminal 2, and China
Airlines» check - in counters are located in Zone D. Business class
passengers can check in two bags, but I was reminded to keep any luggage containing items I wanted to
claim tax refund for.
With Eurostar, the UK to mainland Europe train operator,
claiming carbon emissions 10 - times lower than equivalent
airline routes (and that was before they went carbon neutral), it's no wonder that
airlines are losing
passengers to rail where real competition exists.
My firm has been acting for major
airlines and aviation insurers in all fields of aviation law and particularly air accidents,
passenger and cargo
claims, litigation of aviation disputes, settlement negotiations, regulatory matters and commercial and finance transactions.
Examples include a contract dispute arising from conflicts between the definition of organic and genetically modified food under European Union and United States law, and a
claim for
airline passengers with tuberculosis arising under World Health Organization regulations and the Montreal / Warsaw Convention.88 The Pittsburgh problems end with a negotiation rather than with an argument.
An unnamed Chicago father wants to know just how friendly the skies where Southwest
Airlines flies really are, as he
claims in a lawsuit that an older female
passenger offered his 14 - year - old son sex and drugs on the plane, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Claims can also be made against commercial
airlines for
passengers or
airline staff who have sustained injuries during the course of a flight, and injuries sustained at airports for both
passengers and airport employees.
The Convention introduced a two - tier liability system that allows
passengers to
claim up to $ 75,000 USD without proving willful neglect by the
airline in question.
In 2008 the US entrepreneur Mr Carl A. Sax, represented by Amsterdam & Partners, brought a
claim against the city of St Petersburg, Rossiya
Airlines and Pulkovo Airport (co-respondents) in an ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules in Stockholm, alleging breaches of the investment contract regarding the development of a new international
passenger terminal at Pulkovo International Airport in St Petersburg back in the 1990s.