Entidade de defesa do consumidor critica aéreas por demora nos reembolsos
De acordo com dados da Iata, as empresas aéreas no mundo têm US$ 35 bilhões em reembolsos de passagens aéreas O Consumer Choice Center (CCC), organização internacional de defesa do consumidor com atuação em mais de cem países, divulgou uma carta aberta aos presidentes das empresas aéreas, criticando práticas de reembolso adotadas por companhias aéreas […]
Entidade de defesa do consumidor critica aéreas por demora nos reembolsos
De acordo com dados da Iata, as empresas aéreas no mundo têm US$ 35 bilhões em reembolsos de passagens aéreas O Consumer Choice Center (CCC), organização internacional de defesa do consumidor com atuação em mais de cem países, divulgou uma carta aberta aos presidentes das empresas aéreas, criticando práticas de reembolso adotadas por companhias aéreas […]
Open Letter to Airline CEOs
To the CEOs of Airlines CC: ICAO, IATA Open Letter to Airline CEOs: We consumers want to help you, but you need to adhere to the law and allow easy refunds. Dear Airlines CEOs of the World, We, as an international consumer group, and consumers who love global connectivity, know full well the devastating impact […]
Carta abierta a los CEOs de las aerolíneas
Carta abierta a los CEO de aerolíneas: Nosotros, los consumidores, queremos ayudarlo, pero usted debe cumplir con la ley y permitir reembolsos fáciles. Estimados CEOs del mundo de Airlines, Nosotros, como grupo de consumidores internacionales, y consumidores que amamos la conectividad global, conocemos muy bien el devastador impacto que Covid-19 ha tenido en la industria […]
In your face: Planes are getting more efficient but passenger taxes drive airlines out of business
The UK government has apparently just saved the regional carrier Flybe from bankruptcy by delaying over a hundred million pounds of passenger departure tax payments to the UK government and suggesting to lower this tax altogether in the future. Saving a local airline causes these days an outcry not because of government interventionism but the […]
It’s time to let Europe go supersonic
When France built its high-speed rail network, it revolutionised the way we looked at train traevl. What takes 4-5 hours by long-distance bus from Brussels to Paris can now be completed in just over an hour with a Thalys train. Dumping slow regional trains for fast and futuristic new models has brought more comfort and […]
Democratising travel
The #HandsOffMyCheapFlights campaign is about more than just what its name suggests. Cheap flights are what consumers know and love about air travel in the past years, but it is the overall phenomenon of democratised travel that should have us stand in awe. For people in upper-middle-class and wealthy conditions, the world was just the […]
US Airport Funding Needs an Overhaul, not More Government Involvement
While European and Asian airports offer innovation and entrepreneurship, making them the envy of the world, America languishes due to government control of virtually the entire airport infrastructure. Though the United States is by far the strongest economy in the world, our airports leave something to be desired. Wherever you fly domestically, terminal buildings are […]
Dutch Plans of an EU-wide Air Passenger Tax won’t fly High with Consumers
Last month, the Dutch government began circulating a position paper suggesting the EU should introduce a Union-wide air passenger departure tax on flights departing from the European Union. The paper promoted by the Netherland’s Secretary of State for Finance Menno Snel suggests a 7 EUR per passenger flight tax be rolled out within all Member […]
Calls for a new EU carbon and aviation tax
The suggestion has not been greeted favourably by the domestic market. Fred Roeder, managing director of the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), says that such a move would limit passenger choice and burden consumers from all over the EU with a new tax. “The Netherlands seem to flip-flop on whether consumers should be burdened with a […]
Dutch Plan for a European Air Passenger Levy is a Punch in the Face of European Consumers
February 8th, 2018 – Today the Dutch government released a paper suggesting an EU-wide passenger levy on flights. It suggests the next EU Commission should work on a Europe-wide tax on commercial flights. Fred Roeder, Managing Director of the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), is alarmed by this move limiting passenger choice and burdening consumers from all over […]
Alitalia bridge loan
TRAVEL DAILY: THE Italian Govt is discussing plans to extend a 900m bridge loan to Alitalia, a move consumer advocate Consumer Choice Center said would “hurt consumers”.
