According to Financial Times Norwegian’s Q4 2014 ended with a loss of 1,2 Billion NOK. Only the long haul flight delays of the fourth quarter cost Norwegian 265 MNOK. The costs of long haul delays that are mentioned in Financial Times are costs for extra lease of Aircrafts and food and board for delayed passengers. What I find […]
Continue reading →Denied boarding, delays and cancellations are an unavoidable parts of air travel and can be caused by a variety of factors both within and outside the airline’s control. At best, they can be a minor inconvenience. At worst, they can have serious consequences for passengers and airlines alike. In 2004, the European Union, fulfilling its […]
Continue reading →The UK Supreme Court decided October 31 in the case “Jet2.com vs Ronald Huzar ” the question whether technical problems with aircraft constitutes extraordinary circumstances defending Airlines from passengers claims for flight delays. Jet2.com vs Ronald Huzar regards an unexpected problem with an electrical wire in one of the fuel filters to one of the […]
Continue reading →The UK Supreme Court October 31 decided the case “Jet2.com vs Ronald Huzar” which means that technical problems with aircraft no longer can constitute Extraordinary Circumstances when Airlines are defending themselves against airpassengers’ right to flight delay compensation In the UK Court of Appeals case “Jet2.com vs Ronald Huzar” regarding a passenger’s right to flight delay compensation according […]
Continue reading →Wall Street Journal Business Norwegian Faces Claims Over Dreamliners Claims Run to Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Disgruntled Passengers By Christina Zander Updated Aug. 20, 2014 6:41 p.m. ET Passengers are demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages from Norwegian Air Shuttle NAS after suffering lengthy delays due to technical problems with the […]
Continue reading →Angry Swedish passengers are taking embattled Norwegian Air to court in a string of looming legal claims over their rights to compensation for delays and cancellations. Norwegian has consistently blamed the travel disruptions hitting its new intercontinental routes on problems with its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, but a Swedish attorney specializing in aviation issues believes Norwegian must […]
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