Ryanair backs off on the volcanic ash compensation issue

Ryanair (Dublin) was at first as not going to compensate stranded passengers due to the Icelandic volcanic ash and airspace closures. However the company has now backed down in a dispute over compensation for victims of the Icelandic ash crisis as the European Commission warned low-cost airlines not to “discount” passengers’ rights.

Europe’s largest low-cost airline said it would comply with an “unfair” European law that requires airlines to pay the hotel and food costs of people stranded without flights after refusing at first to repay more than the cost of the air ticket.

Read the full report from Reuters:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE63L1M020100422?rpc=44

Copyright Photo: Lucio Alfieri. Specially-painted Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCL (msn 33806) of Ryanair pushes back from the gate at Bologna.