With so many Brits being stranded around the world thanks to failing airlines, a Government backed committee has looked into what should be done for the future...
ATOL protection should be extended to cover all flights, not just package holidays, the Parliamentary Transport Committee urges...
The committee’s report on the future of aviation calls for the ATOL levy to be increased and extended to include all flights overseas and “not merely package holidays”...
The report says: “We remain concerned that air passengers are not adequately protected from airline collapse...
“As the number of people who book flights over the Internet increases, the number at risk also rises...”
The UK Government should also work with the insurance industry to make it clear to passengers that standard travel insurance does not normally include flights home when an airline collapses...
The committee also calls into question to need for a second runway at Stansted and suggests the Government “reconsider” whether it should be built at Gatwick instead. It supports the Government's decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow...
Read more at http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1139823.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=s~bvs~bm
Barticus.
ATOL protection should be extended to cover all flights, not just package holidays, the Parliamentary Transport Committee urges...
The committee’s report on the future of aviation calls for the ATOL levy to be increased and extended to include all flights overseas and “not merely package holidays”...
The report says: “We remain concerned that air passengers are not adequately protected from airline collapse...
“As the number of people who book flights over the Internet increases, the number at risk also rises...”
The UK Government should also work with the insurance industry to make it clear to passengers that standard travel insurance does not normally include flights home when an airline collapses...
The committee also calls into question to need for a second runway at Stansted and suggests the Government “reconsider” whether it should be built at Gatwick instead. It supports the Government's decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow...
Read more at http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1139823.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=s~bvs~bm
Barticus.
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