Ryanair compensation row: Airline still denies it should pay out to travellers

Ryanair is digging its heels in as a row over whether passengers affected by last week’s strike action are entitled to compensation continues. Pilots and cabin crew staff in 6 countries walked out last Friday, resulting in the cancellation of around 250 flights. Affected passengers were offered the option to choose another flight or take a refund, but the carrier is offering no compensation for other costs claiming the disruption was “beyond the airline’s control”. Ryanair added: “If these strikes,…were within Ryanair’s control, there would be no strikes and no cancellations.” The CAA responded: “It is our view that when a flight cancellation is caused by strike action by the airline’s employees, the airline is required to pay compensation if it has not warned passengers of the cancellation at least two weeks prior” <br/>