Efficiently Enact MACPC Amendments for Stronger Aviation Consumer Rights
KUALA LUMPUR, 27th April 2023 – The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) urges the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) to immediately implement the amendments to the Malaysian Consumer Protection Code (MACPC) which should be implemented in the first quarter of 2023 to improve the rights of aviation users. Malaysian Consumer Choice Center representative, Tarmizi Anuwar said: “Issues involving consumers such […]
Accelerate the implementation of the MACPC amendments to enhance the rights of aviation consumers
The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) urges the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) to immediately implement the amendments to the Malaysian Consumer Protection Code (MACPC) which should be implemented in the first quarter of 2023 to improve the rights of aviation users. Malaysian Consumer Choice Center representative, Tarmizi Anuwar said: “Issues involvingconsumers such as flight delays and […]
Corporate Canada has been protected from competition for too long. It’s time to put consumers first
Maybe you saw that report by the CBC’s Marketplace the other day on the cost of wireless telephone service in Canada. If so, maybe your fists have not yet unclenched from the little balls of rage that formed as you watched. Quoting a recent study by the Finnish research firm Rewheel, the report found the cost per gigabyte of wireless data transmission in […]
Why is Ottawa still rationing foreign landings at our airports?
Opening Canada’s skies would help cross-border trade, tourism, investment and knowledge flows Canada’s national men’s soccer team qualifying for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar was a huge achievement, given that we haven’t qualified for a World Cup since 1986. Although this is a great time in Canada’s sporting history, it won’t actually be easy […]
Memperkasa hak pengguna syarikat penerbangan
Setiap hari lebih daripada 100,000 penerbangan berlaku di seluruh dunia. Dalam kesibukan itu, sudah tentu akan ada risiko gangguan seperti penerbangan ditunda atau dibatalkan, kehilangan atau kerosakan bagasi, dinafikan menaiki pesawat kerana lebihan tempahan, kehilangan tempahan atau masalah yang lain. Semakin kerap penerbangan, semakin tinggi kebarangkalian masalah seperti itu timbul. Oleh sebab itu, Kod Perlindungan […]
RYANAIR CONTESTE LES AIDES ÉTATIQUES, ET AVEC RAISON
Si les aides étatiques sans limites ont bénéficié à certaines entreprises, d’autres ont totalement été mises de côté… ce qui pose la question d’une concurrence déloyale, par exemple dans le secteur du transport aérien. La compagnie aérienne low-cost Ryanair a passé la majeure partie des deux dernières années à s’attaquer à des cas d’aides d’Etat […]
Flying in Canada is silly expensive — time to open Air Canada and WestJet to competition
Increasing competition wouldn’t just save consumers money on flights, it could lessen the need for taxpayer-funded support of the hard-hit tourism and hospitality sectors Have you looked at domestic flight prices recently? If you haven’t, you may experience a jolt of sticker shock. According to recent reports , the average Canadian domestic flight has increased by almost […]
Stop the bailouts
The rulings on KLM, TAP, and Condor should be just the beginning The airline RyanAir has successfully challenged the bailouts of the Dutch airline KLM, the Portuguese company TAP, and the German carrier Condor. The crusade of RyanAir CEO Michael O’Leary seems to show effects, as the €550 million bailout for Condor has been put […]
No-fly lists fly in the face of civil rights
Imitating the United States’ surveillance state methods will not make Europeans safer… The European Union has been going through the process of creating a counter-terorrism database (CTR) that will compile information from EU countries regarding ongoing investigations, prosecutions and convictions of militants, including returning foreign fighters who joined terrorist groups abroad. Eurojust President Mr Ladislav […]
The 5 Transatlantic Routes Which Will Have The Lowest Fares In The Future
50% bonus transferring some hotel and bank points to Etihad Guest through April 30, for most Americans only Marriott is interesting here where 60,000 Bonvoy points become 37,500 Etihad miles. Initial routes for Norse Atlantic Airways, the airline which bought Norwegian’s planes and plans a similar business model (Gatwick airport in London is simply my assumption): […]
Lasst Europa schneller fliegen
Der Luftverkehr sollte schneller werden. Überschallflugzeuge, innovativ weiterentwickelt, würden uns voranbringen. Als Frankreich und Deutschland ihre Schnellzugnetze gebaut haben, revolutionierten sie so den Schienenpersonenverkehr in Europa. Was mit dem Fernbus von Brüssel nach Paris vier bis fünf Stunden dauert, kann mit dem Thalys-Zug in etwas mehr als einer Stunde erreicht werden. Das Gleiche gilt für […]
L’UE voudrait encore plus taxer les billets d’avion
La création d’une nouvelle taxe sur les vols aériens, afin de réduire l’impact environnemental, occupe nos bureaucrates européens. Le gouvernement néerlandais propose d’instaurer une taxe de transport aérien de 7€ sur tous les vols au départ et à l’arrivée de l’Union européenne. Selon La Haye, l’Europe a un problème majeur dû à un trop grand […]
