Solicitor says dodging legitimate claims are not ‘isolated incident’ but ‘company policy’When Linda Fisher booked a three-day break in Berlin to visit her boyfriend last August, Ryanair was the cheapest option. But she has paid a high price for choosing the budget airline. The flight took off late at night after a delay of just under three hours and, half an hour before it was due to land at Berlin Schönefeld, passengers were told that they were being diverted to Hanover. Noise restrictions meant that flights could not land at Schönefeld after midnight, a fact the crew would have known at take-off. If she had been informed in time, Fisher says, she would not have boarded. Buses were promised to take the passengers on the three-hour journey to their original destination. However, when they reached Hanover at 1am there was no transport in sight and no staff to direct them.“Our only option was to get a taxi costing €500, or to rush from the airport on the last train to Hanover Central and then to get the overnight train from there to Berlin,” she says. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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