"NO" to extention of flight delay limit over 3 hours!

According to data provided by the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol), the percentage of cases in which an air passenger is entitled to the compensation due to delayed flight, is lower than 0.15%. What is more, airlines do not have to pay compensation, if they can prove that a flight was delayed or canceled due to extraordinary circumstances, that were not dependent on a carrier.

Available data (since the introduction of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights) do not show that the three hour time limit provoked any increase of the canceled flights. Hence, we do not see any reason to extend the limit to five or more hours as it proposed by the European Commission (Article 6(2) and Article 6a of proposal dated 13 March 2013 for a Regulation of The European Parliament and of The Council amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004). We are convinced that the only one way of shortening delays, which are one of the biggest passenger inconveniences during journey, is by economic encouragement - the threat of higher costs will encourage carriers to minimize delays.

The existing air passenger rights must not be cut back!