Industry responds to failure of SkyEurope
Easyjet and Ryanair have launched special fares for passengers left stranded by the collapse of SkyEurope.
Easyjet is offering a special rescue fee of €40 so passengers can return home on the routes where its flights overlapped with those of SkyEurope.
These are from London to and from Prague and Vienna, and from Milan to Prague.
The offer is available to any SkyEurope passengers due return home on these routes during the next seven days, available until 23:59 8 September.
Meanwhile, Ryanair has launched a £25 (one way including taxes and charges) rescue fare for Bratislava flights to/from Alicante, Barcelona (Girona), Brussels (Charleroi), Rome (Ciampino), Liverpool and London Stansted.
The fares can be booked until 15 September for travel until 17 December, and apply to SkyEurope passengers only.
Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said: “SkyEurope’s failure underlines the risk of flying with an airline that is not financially stable.â€
ABTA said the failure has again highlighted the gaps in the current financial protection system, which will leave some customers out of pocket and stranded abroad.
“This airline failure in a tough economic climate, along with several others last year, highlights the need for urgent action by the Government and EU to plug this gaping hole in customer financial protection,†said Mark Tanzer, ABTA chief executive.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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