Europe responds to ash crisis

The European Union Vice President Siim Kallas, who is responsible for transport presented a preliminary report on the 27 April on the economic consequences for air transport over the volcanic ash crisis.  The Vice President presented a number of possible short term actions and structural measures to help the industry to overcome this the volcanic ash crisis and difficulty.

However the Vice President did not recommend any change to EU261/2004 the regulations regarding passenger rights, which many of the airlines are calling for. www.europa.eu

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