People taking free flights with unlicensed airline ‘have no legal protection’

PEOPLE hoping to cash in on a free flight offer have been warned they will have no protection under the law if they take up the deal, because the airline is not licensed to operate here.

British-based airline FreshAer, which is taking bookings for flights departing from Dublin, is not licensed by the Commission for Aviation Regulation, Commissioner William Prasifka announced yesterday.

“This company is not licensed by the commission and is therefore acting in contravention of the Irish travel trade legislation,” said Mr Prasifka.