IATA steps into Jet2 delay case
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is supporting Jet2.com’s appeal bid against compensation for airline delays.
The association has applied to support Jet2’s Supreme Court application in its case against 58 year old Stockport man Ron Huzar.
Huzar took legal action against Jet2.com after experiencing a 27-hour delay on his way back from Malaga to Manchester in October 2011, claiming he was entitled to €400 flight compensation for the loss of time and inconvenience caused under EU Regulation 261.
In June, Court of Appeal judges found in Mr Huzar’s favour, ruling technical problems on board an aircraft are not an extraordinary circumstance and flight delay compensation must be paid.
Last month Jet2.com applied to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal the Court of Appeal judgment.
IATA has now said it will file submissions supporting the carrier’s application to the Supreme Court.
The Civil Aviation Authority has already applied to intervene in support of Jet2.com at the hearing.
David Bott, Senior Partner at flight delay specialist solicitor Bott & Co, said the move showed the airline industry was "joining forces and to deny consumers rights".
His firm said it is representing around 10,000 other passengers with claims against airlines under EU 261 for long delays caused by aircraft technical problems.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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