‘Passengers should get compensation if flights are delayed or cancelled’

AIRLINE passengers should receive compensation for delayed or cancelled flights or for being bumped from the passenger list because of overbooking, according to an initial opinion from the European Court of Justice.

Ryanair and other European airlines challenged the compensation package agreed by the EU last year in the British High Court.

The compensation package entitles passengers, who have been denied boarding because of overbooking or whose flights have been cancelled, to a refund of their ticket price, an alternative flight, compensation and care including meals, hotel accommodation and the cost of phone calls or emails.