UK report calls for passenger protection from airline insolvency
UK airline passengers could be better protected if their airline collapses under proposals set out following a review of airline insolvency commissioned by the Department for Transport in the wake of Monarch Airlines’ 2017 collapse. The failures of XL Airways in 2008 and Monarch both led to the govt asking the CAA to intervene to bring stranded passengers home, the DfT said as the May 9 final report was released. The report recommends a new Flight Protection Scheme amounting to less than $0.65 per person, which would protect passengers if an airline became insolvent while they were abroad, as well as reforms to the UK’s airline insolvency regimes so carrier’s own aircraft can be used to repatriate its passengers should it fail. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2019-05-13/general/uk-report-calls-for-passenger-protection-from-airline-insolvency
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UK report calls for passenger protection from airline insolvency
UK airline passengers could be better protected if their airline collapses under proposals set out following a review of airline insolvency commissioned by the Department for Transport in the wake of Monarch Airlines’ 2017 collapse. The failures of XL Airways in 2008 and Monarch both led to the govt asking the CAA to intervene to bring stranded passengers home, the DfT said as the May 9 final report was released. The report recommends a new Flight Protection Scheme amounting to less than $0.65 per person, which would protect passengers if an airline became insolvent while they were abroad, as well as reforms to the UK’s airline insolvency regimes so carrier’s own aircraft can be used to repatriate its passengers should it fail. <br/>
