Wizz Air: CAA claims corrected

Wizz Air’s spokesman Daniel de Carvalho said: “Wizz Air confirms that, following established practice under English law and English court procedures, an application for stay had been made regarding a case in the English courts while the European Court of Justice is considering a relevant case relating to the extent of airlines’ liability to pay compensation claims in certain cases involving technical faults and defects. After this lawful application for stay was denied by English courts, Wizz Air decided not to appeal this decision and to re-assess the few tens cases where customers claimed compensation after flight disruptions caused by unforeseeable technical faults. The UK CAA is well aware that Wizz Air is re-assessing these cases and has confirmed to the UK CAA itself, some time ago, that it will apply the UK CAA’s own list of extraordinary circumstances in the relevant cases. Wizz Air further confirms that claims can be raised within 2 years after the flight disruption, in line with its general conditions of carriage agreed to by customers at the time of booking, an approach which has been upheld by the English courts.”