Airlines set to sue for £300m over terror losses

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AIRLINES including Ryanair are considering suing the Government for up to £300 million to recover the losses incurred since extra security measures were imposed last week.

They are hoping that the threat of legal action will force ministers to lift the restrictions on hand luggage, which have caused thousands of flight cancellations and delayed millions of passengers since an alleged terrorist plot was foiled.

But the Home Office said yesterday that it would press the rest of Europe to adopt Britain’s tighter airport controls, which include a smaller maximum size for hand luggage and a ban on carrying liquids.

The European Commission said that it was considering requiring all airlines flying to or from EU airports to collect detailed information on passengers and pass it to security services. A similar requirement by the US has resulted in long delays in the past week because each passenger has had to be checked and cleared before flights could depart.

The legal action being considered focuses on Section 93 of the Transport Act 2000, under which the Government can be liable to pay compensation for losses resulting from its emergency directions. Ryanair made the strongest threats against the Government yesterday but British Airways and easyJet also said that they were con-sidering legal action.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2316645,00.html

[Endangered Specie]

1. ka-ching

[Kagemusha]

2. Funny if the Blair govt has one of its own laws thrust back at it.

Because if the govt wanted to prevent anyone from suing for damages I'm sure it could have.

[Demeter]

3. Good Show!

Not all corporations have their heads up government asses, at least in Britain.

[Vidar]

4. You're right!. I hate siding with corporations, but they have the high

ground in this case.