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Flight delay compensation
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Can I claim for this and in case how do you suggest to do it?
Hi, I had a flight from Palermo to London with one connection In Rome. We took off late from Palermo because the airplane we had to take wasn't available and missed the connection. the airplane had to come from Rome and landed late, apparently because of delays in Rome for bad weather. However I checked the flight records…
Flight cancellation - Wizz Air
Hello, My partner and I recently booked a long weekend in Porto (through a third party) flying with Wizz Air (Oct 19) and due to rain, the return flight was cancelled into LTN. The option at the time was to be transferred onto the next flight (72 hours later) or to book ourselves an alternative flight and claim a refund.…
Advice on letter to Ryanair
We had flights cancelled due to cabin crew strike in July 2018. Did online claim which was rejected. Started case with Aviation DR but Ryanair stopped dealing with them. Srarted case with Resolver that was escalated to AESA (flight originated in Spain). AESA court assessment ruled that Ryanair's reason for not paying, i.e.…
Condor Airlines
Hi, new to this so unsure if I'm posting correctly! I had flights booked with Condor to Kuala Lumpur. This being a stop off en route to Australia where I plan to spend a couple of months. Due to the Thomas Cook problems, Condor have had to re arrange my flights. They have brought forward my first flight from Manchester to…
Delayed Swiss Air connection
I flew from Cape Town to Manchester last week, connecting in Zurich. The ticket was a one-way flight issued by Swiss Air with the CPT-ZRH leg on Edelwiess Air (codeshare with Swiss), 45 minute connection in ZRH followed by a Swiss Air flight to MAN. Unfortunately, the CPT-ZRH leg was delayed by about 30 minutes because of…
Flight Cancellation labelled at scheduled change
I booked a flight for peak ski season to zurich and eurowings have sent me a flight scheduled change for my flight which i cannot make. I booked the flight a year ago and i understand that the slots have just been confirmed but the company has changed the day of the flight and the flight number. This shows that the flight…
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