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Possible Class Action Suit Over Ash Damage

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

Source – Flightglobal:

European regional carriers plan class action over ash losses

European regional carriers are to take legal steps to recover losses incurred during the ash-related airspace closures over the continent earlier this year.

The European Regions Airline Association, at its annual general assembly in Barcelona this week, stated that it was “outraged” at the “failure” of politicians and regulators to provide timely compensation over the matter.

It says that its airline and airport directors have “agreed…to recover financial damages through legal action”. . . . [Full Story]