{"id":63327,"date":"2018-04-17T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=63327"},"modified":"2018-04-17T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T10:30:32","slug":"airlines-must-compensate-for-delays-during-wildcat-strikes-eu-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/airlines-must-compensate-for-delays-during-wildcat-strikes-eu-court.html","title":{"rendered":"Airlines must compensate for delays during wildcat strikes: EU court"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #000000\">Airlines must compensate for delays during wildcat strikes: EU court<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Airlines have to pay compensation to passengers for delays caused by wildcat strikes that result from management decisions, the European Union\u2019s top court said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Several cases were brought to the EU\u2019s Court of Justice after German airline TUIfly said a 2016 wildcat strike &#8211; one not formally initiated by a trade union &#8211; was an extraordinary event, and so it was not liable to compensate for delays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The strike followed the company\u2019s announcement of a restructuring plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">EU regulation gives passengers on a delayed flight the right to compensation of up to 600 euros ($745), depending on the distance of the flight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Airlines are exempt from paying this if they can show there were \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d which they could not have reasonably avoided.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The court disagreed with TUIfly (TUIGn.DE), saying such circumstances were only applicable if they were not part of the normal activity of the airline and were beyond its control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Judges said restructuring was part of normal business, with the foreseeable risk of disagreements and conflict with staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cThe \u2018wildcat strike\u2019 at issue in the present case cannot be regarded as beyond TUIfly\u2019s actual control,\u201d the Court of Justice said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The dispute, which saw staff placing themselves on sick leave, was brought to an end by an agreement in October 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The court added that making a distinction between wildcat strikes and those organized by a trade union would make passenger compensation dependent on the rules in different EU countries, which could undermine air passenger rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-eu-airlines-court\/airlines-must-compensate-for-delays-during-wildcat-strikes-eu-court-idUSKBN1HO17R<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/airlines-must-compensate-for-delays-during-wildcat-strikes-eu-court.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airlines must compensate for delays during wildcat strikes: EU court Airlines have to pay compensation to passengers for delays caused by wildcat strikes that result from management decisions, the European Union\u2019s top court said on Tuesday. 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