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Old 22nd Sep 2017, 20:15
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Originally Posted by Fire and brimstone
......... that should do it - MOL must be himself.


Well, unless the CAA are mistaken, either about the means of persuasion or the outcome, this may have worked.

The article continues:

A Ryanair spokesperson said: "We have re-accommodated over 175,000 customers on other Ryanair flights – over 55% of affected customers – and more than 63,000 flight refunds have been processed (over 20% of affected customers).

"Ryanair expects to have processed over 300,000 alternative routings or refunds for customers (over 95% of affected customers) by the end of this week, within six days of customers being notified of these flight cancellations."

When pushed on whether Ryanair has agreed to use other airlines, he added: "Given the fact we have re-accommodated 75% of our affected customers and given the size of our network, it's unlikely we will need to, but will do so if necessary."

On the other hand it had opened:

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stepped in after Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said the budget carrier would not pay for passengers to take flights on other airlines, stating that that was not required under EU flight delay law. This comes amid widespread disruption caused by Ryanair cancelling thousands of flights.

Ryanair agrees to put passengers on other airlines' flights

If you think Moneysavingexpert isn't proper journalism and has something wrong, here is the Financial Times actually quoting O'Leary's earlier refusal

https://www.ft.com/content/a981e32e-...6-4d5a475ba4c5

What if there is a flight on another carrier that arrives earlier than the next Ryanair flight?

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority says that if an alternative airline is flying to your destination “significantly sooner” than the next flight offered by Ryanair, you have the right to be booked on to a different airline. However, Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary has said that the airline will not book passengers on to flights with rival carriers.

“We will not pay for flights on other airlines, no. It is not part of the EU261 entitlement,” he said, referring to European passenger rights legislation covering cancelled flights.


So, just possibly, and despite your scepticism, perhaps there has been some movement.

It makes sense to me, as although it's another means of transport this happens with cross-Channel ferries and Eurotunnel - if one has problems, they send you straight to one of the others.

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