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11-06-2014

Landmark aviation case verdict upholds the rights of UK’s passengers – Huzar v Jet2.com

“Technical defects are not considered an extraordinary circumstance”

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10-06-2014

Dog Poo Forces Philly-Bound Flight to Make Emergency Landing

Twitter was abuzz last week with pictures — and complaints — after a dog poo’d in the middle of a Philadelphia-bound flight, forcing an emergency landing.

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05-06-2014

England’s World Cup team to spend more time in the air than on the pitch in Brazil

With World Cup in Rio de Janeiro fast approaching the English team can look forward to 23 hours and 20 minutes up in the air and that’s just getting to Brazil and back.  If they get through to the final they’ll enjoy not just success but 48 hours and 20 minutes flying time.

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03-06-2014

The sticky problem of Gibraltar and its exclusion from EU air passenger rights legislation

EU air passenger rights legislation currently excludes Gibraltar as the country does not fall within Europe within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004.  However, an amendment to recent proposals for a new regulation by UK MEP’s has resulted in the deletion of the Gibraltar exclusion clause.

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02-06-2014

Sussex Police targeted Ibiza-bound drunk Gatwick flyers

Some passengers were told they might not be allowed to fly after drinking

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28-05-2014

Nigerian political leaders narrowly escape death as thunder strikes their flight to London

Chieftains of the All Progressive Congress, Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima and former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki were among top Nigerian political leaders who on Thursday narrowly escaped death on a British Airways flight 082 that was struck by thunder and lightning while approaching Heathrow international airport.

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15-05-2014

Art on board

Here at EUclaim we loved this creative campaign from Qantas who encouraged passengers to doodle their journey away on airsickness bags, napkins or boarding cards.

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14-05-2014

Lufthansa forgets bus full of passengers in Munich

Passengers on Lufthansa flight LH 2066 from Munich to Hamburg were surprised when the departure of their flight was postponed right before take-off. The airplane turned around and went back to the gate. What happened?

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06-05-2014

Tips from locals on your holiday

Finally you have booked your holiday for this summer and you have been looking forward to your trip for months now!

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18-04-2014

Late Easter holiday increases the chance of delay for UK’s airline passengers

According to data from Lennoc Flight Intelligence the later Easter falls, the higher the chance of delay for passengers travelling with some of the UK’s traditional charter operators.  

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