States consider adapting passenger rights rules

摘要

The member states do not seem to object to an adjustment of passengers' rights rules and even sent "quite strong signals" in favour of amendment of Regulation 261/2004, at the Transport Council, on 24 June in Luxembourg, said the spokeswoman for Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas.rnEven before the volcanic eruption of in Iceland earlier this year, the European Commission was already considering the possibility of adapting the regulation. The disruptions to air traffic caused by the cloud of ash from the volcano obviously stepped up its reflection. The executive seems to be leaning towards rules that would protect airlines further in case of exceptional events, such as a volcanic eruption.