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Defandant, an Austrian association organising international student exchanges including free accomodation with host families, was offering a 6 day city trip to New York for students participating in the exchange programme in the U.S. and a 3 day city trip to London for students participating in the exchange programme in U.K. The trips included accomodation, […]

Plaintiff had booked a round trip flight FMO-FRA-GRU-FLN-GRU-MUC-FMO with defendant air carrier (LH). The section GRU-MUC was a codesharing flight with RG, recognizable by indication of both flight numbers (LH/RG) and the note “operated by RG”. The flight GRU-MUC was cancelled and plaintiff rerouted to a later LH flight to FRA. Due to delayed departure

Travel agents on Taiwan’s outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu will be allowed from May to apply online for travel permits on behalf of Chinese tour groups who want to visit the two islands via direct ferry services across the Taiwan Strait, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday.Chinese tourists who have already visited Taiwan

Article 24 of the Montreal convention provides that the limits of liability are to be reviewed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at five-year intervals by reference to an inflation factor which corresponds to the accumulated rate of inflation since the date of entry into force of the Convention. In the absence of disapproval

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has overturned an earlier ruling that would have given the city of Anaheim $21.3 million in back taxes and penalties from online travel companies such as Expedia and Travelocity. (See posting of Feb. 20, 2009)The city in 2007 had sued the online travel companies for a larger share of

Germany Highest Court (BGH) ruled yesterday about the forfeiture of Airline bonus points (BGH 28.01.2010, Xa ZR 37/09): Plaintiff was a participant of the flight awards program of the defendant airline. Under this program, travelers were able to collect a number of bonus points dependent on the route booked that could be redeemed within five

Air travelers will find it easier to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) about airline service, compare the historical on-time and baggage mishandling records of airlines, and find helpful tips about air travel thanks to a redesigned, more user-friendly aviation consumer web site unveiled today by the Department. The web site can

Reportedly several families of victims of the Sudan Airways crash, while landing in the Sudanese capital a year ago, have filed a law suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The flight which originated in Amman, passed through Damascus, and landed in Khartoum. Twenty-nine passengers and crew died in the accident.Source: eTurboNews; find

The UNWTO is deeply saddened by the losses of lives and devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Haiti and expresses its support to its people and sincere condolences to those who lost their loved ones. The severity of yet another natural disaster poses a new challenge for the international community and the UN World

The federal government of Canada is considering withdrawing from Hungarian tourists the privilege to enter Canada without a temporary resident visa. The plan to require visas from Hungarian tourists follows a similar move made by Ottawa a few months ago to impose visa requirements on tourists from Mexico and the Czech Republic. The stringent measure