Airlines owe travel agents up to €30 million in flight refunds

Travel agents have spent much of the last six months trying to get refunds from airlines

Pat Dawson, CEO of the Irish Travel Agents Association said travel agents are "burning cash." Picture: Conor Healy Photography

Airlines owe travel agents, tour operators and consumers between €25m to €30m in flight refunds, the Oireachtas Transport Committee heard today.

Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) CEO Pat Dawson told the Committee that travel agents have just been "burning cash" over the last six months, adding that most of their time has been spent "trying to get refunds from airlines.”