Airlines must reimburse customers for flights cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union transport chief said on Wednesday, rejecting calls by carriers to relax EU rules and allow an EU-wide waiver of refund obligations.
FILE PHOTO: Planes of the German carrier Lufthansa are parked on a closed runway, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
By some estimates, a prolonged shutdown would make about 3.5 billion euros of Germany’s Lufthansa revenue eligible for refunds in the second quarter. The Commission has already relaxed state aid rules to allow government support for airlines. The European Parliament agreed in March to suspend the requirements for airlines to run most of their scheduled services or forfeit landing slots.Turning to climate, Valean said she was willing to push for a revision of the parameters agreed by the U.N. aviation agency’s CORSIA scheme for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.
The higher the baseline emissions, the fewer carbon credits airlines will need to cover the gap between the agreed benchmark and their actual emissions.
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