The airline industry's legal challenge to the European Commission's new passenger rights legislation requiring cash compensation for delayed and cancelled flights suffered a major defeat yesterday when the Advocate General to the European Court of Justice rejected in their entirety the arguments that were put forth by IATA and the European Low Fare Airline Assn. The case had been referred to the European Court of Justice by the UK High Court, where the original challenge was heard. A final ...
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