Airlines may be forced to halt extra charges

AIRLINES may be forced to reverse the growing trend of introducing a range of additional charges on passengers as a result of a major review of EU aviation policy.

EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced that the European Commission is to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the EU’s internal aviation market in a bid to identify excessive administrative burdens, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies and obsolete measures.

The so-called “fitness check” will examine three key EU regulations governing common rules for the operation of air services, the code of conduct for computerised reservation systems and insurance requirements for airlines.