Ryanair confident will win court battle

Ryanair said Wednesday that it is confident UK courts will back its decision not to pay compensation for flight disruption caused by staff strikes. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority said earlier it had begun enforcement action against Ryanair after the airline refused to compensate customers for disruption caused by a wave of summer walkouts by pilots and cabin crew. The regulator said Ryanair had rejected compensation claims and terminated an agreement with AviationADR, a CAA-approved body for alternative dispute resolution of passenger complaints. The CAA said that in its view the strikes by Ryanair’s staff weren’t “extraordinary circumstances” that exempt the airline from paying compensation under EU law. <br/>