WestJet says third parties should share compensation costs after flight delays | 24CA News

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Published 12.04.2023
WestJet says third parties should share compensation costs after flight delays  | 24CA News

The CEO of WestJet Airlines says his firm is asking the federal authorities to permit airways to recuperate passenger compensation prices from different business companions, in the event that they performed a task in inflicting flight delays or disruptions.

Under the present air passenger invoice of rights framework, airways are the one social gathering required to compensate travellers for pointless flight cancellations or disruptions.

But WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says airways aren’t at fault if a passenger’s flight is held up by a backlog at customs or a breakdown of luggage dealing with tools at an airport.

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He says compensating passengers each time one thing goes flawed is dear for airways and within the long-term will trigger airfares to rise.

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He says WestJet is asking the federal government to offer a mechanism for airways to recuperate a few of these prices from third events who could also be partly responsible for disruptions.

The federal authorities has dedicated to creating modifications to this nation’s airline passenger invoice of rights within the wake of main journey disruptions final summer time and once more over the Christmas holidays.

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