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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O’Carroll

Airlines still have to pay compensation if flights cancelled due to fuel crisis, EU says

A Lufthansa Airbus 380 is refuelled in Frankfurt airport
A Lufthansa Airbus plane is refuelled at Frankfurt. The German airline is among those that have cancelled flights because of soaring jet fuel prices. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

Airlines that cancel flights because of fuel shortages this summer will still have to compensate passengers under European law, the EU transport commissioner has said.

Apostolos Tzitzikostas told the Financial Times that jet fuel prices or shortages do not meet the criteria that protect EU airlines from passenger claims.

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