Flights reimbursed : the airlines require kneeling the help of the passengers

They ask the passengers to accept assets rather than seek refunds for the cancelled flights during the public health crisis.

The airlines are "on its knees". They require the assistance of passengers by accepting assets rather than seek refunds for the cancelled flights during the health crisis, said Wednesday the director general of the international air transport Association (IATA), Alexandre de Juniac.

"We ask the help of the passengers (...), it is true, and we ask to his knees," said Alexandre de Juniac on BFM Business.

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The airline, backed by France and several other european States, to reimburse the tickets of the cancelled flights only "in the form of assets," while promising a cash refund if the consumers are asking for it but with at least nine months of the offset in order to preserve their finances undermined by the crisis. The european rules give yet the passenger the right to a refund in two weeks.

cash in a "apocalyptic"

This position of companies in the sector has been under attack by consumer advocates. And Brussels has launched at the beginning of July infringement proceedings against ten european Union countries, including France, to defend the right of travellers to be reimbursed in case of cancellation of their holiday due to the sars coronavirus.

"We are trying to get the european Commission the power to submit assets for (...) withhold the reimbursement," said this Wednesday, Alexandre de Juniac, recognizing that it was a position "difficult" and "not appreciated by everyone".

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