The airlines will appeal the Consumer fine for charging for hand luggage and warn that it is “premature” to claim
Airlines warn that they are still it’s not the moment so that consumers begin to demand the amounts paid for carrying hand luggage in the airplane cabin after the sanction that last week imposed Consumption on Ryanair, Vueling, EasyJet and Volotea for this concept because the measure could come to nothing if the appeal that they plan to present against this decision, which will foreseeably be followed by other before the courts if the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 does not agree with them.
“The resolution is not firm, yet an appeal is possible and subsequently the judicial route“said the president of the Airlines Association (TO THE), Javier Gándara, who recalled that there are “multiple rulings” that support the possibility of charging for carrying hand luggage in the airplane cabin, which “certify that the practice of charging for bringing a trolley on board is perfectly legal”he specified.
Therefore, it has been shown “convinced” that “they will be proven right” in the process, first administrative and then judicial, that the airlines are expected to undertake against the 150 million fine that Consumption imposed last Friday on four companies for charging this extra.
Faced with such a decision, and with plans that involve exhausting all avenues to maintain it, Gándara has indicated that “it seems unfortunate and precocious that some institutions are encouraging [los consumidores] start complaining now.” “Until the sanction is final, the problem may be later one of disappointment if it is not confirmed,” he added.
Facua helps claim
The warning issued by airlines that it is premature to start requesting a refund for what was paid for carrying the suitcase in the cabin of the plane contrasts with the satisfaction of consumer organizations such as the OCU or Facua, from which the complaint that Consumption turned into a fine for the three airlines.
This Monday, Facua has presented a platform of those affected by “abuses in the airline sector” to help to claim without need to pay lawyers or attorneys the surcharges they have paid for traveling with hand luggage, for print boarding pass at the airport or sit next to a dependent person, against which ALA has reacted, which has stressed that stopping charging for hand luggage could affect the tourism sector.
“Which It causes us a green stupor is that some institutions that claim to defend consumer rights are applauding a measure that will cause nearly 50 million passengers to end up paying more for their flights and unspecified services and that, since it is unilaterally applied only in Spain, “can affect the main source of income, tourism,” warned Gándara, who has asked for the same rules for all EU countries.
