from the Inner Temple Library
“The Environment Agency is to be given powers to seize planes from airlines which break the rules of a new scheme to limit flights’ carbon emissions. The transport secretary, Geoff Hoon, and the climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, will today announce the government agency’s new role, which goes far wider than its regulation of other UK industries.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Airline Virgin Atlantic has lost its claim that a rival airline’s seat infringed its intellectual property rights. Virgin Atlantic’s patent design rights were not infringed by a design produced by Virgin’s seat design contractor for a rival, the High Court said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are failing to comply with European laws that ban pre-checked boxes on websites that sell flight tickets. New rules provide that optional price supplements must be accepted on an ‘opt-in’ basis.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Four former and current British Airways executives appeared in court today in the first criminal prosecution for price-fixing against a major UK company.”
The Times, 12th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is taking easyJet, the airline that he founded, to the High Court to try to limit its ability to make money from activities that may clash with his other ventures. The surprising spat between the budget carrier and its founder stunned the City yesterday and threatens to limit the airline’s ability to raise revenues.”
The Times, 18th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) yesterday charged four past and present executives of British Airways (BA) with criminal price-fixing offences in the first prosecution of its kind against employees of a leading UK business.”
The Times, 8th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to unveil plans today to charge four past and present executives of British Airways with criminal price-fixing offences. “
The Times, 7th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“BAA, the airports operator, has started legal action against Ryanair after the budget carrier refused to pay higher landing fees.”
The Times, 5th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Millions of Britons who flew across the Atlantic between two and four years ago are being invited to claim a share of more than £70 million that has been ordered to be handed over to them.”
The Times, 5th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to pay up to £100 million in compensation to passengers affected by price-fixing on fuel surcharges for transatlantic flights.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
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“People who flew with British Airways or Virgin Atlantic between 11 August 2004 and 23 March 2006 may be entitled to a refund of £10 per flight.”
BBC News, 15th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Documents revealing secret lobbying by the arms giant BAE are expected to be disclosed today by court order.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers admitted yesterday that they are examining Washington’s demands to allow armed guards on US airline flights from the UK to America, and indicated that the request could affect the future of visa-free travel by Britons to America.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A passenger who was on board a plane that crash-landed at Heathrow last month is to sue British Airways (BA).”
BBC News, 8th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The five members of Caribbean Steel International were awarded £1,116 each in damages yesterday after a judge found that they had been removed unreasonably. Far from being terrorists, they were returning from a music festival in Sardinia.”
The Times, 6th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A middle-aged man has been jailed after marching into the business-class section of a flight from Thailand and hurling a passenger into the aisle so he could take his seat.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“New rules for carry-on luggage that have come in at some UK airports could confuse passengers, a lobby group says.”
BBC News, 7th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There must be a new minimum distance between seats on UK airlines in order to ensure passenger health and safety, an influential report says.”
BBC News, 12th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to relaunch a criminal investigation of alleged corruption at Britain’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems.”
The Times, 9th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A blind calypso musician and his band who were escorted off a plane as suspected terrorists after a passenger claimed to have seen him reading a newspaper are suing Ryanair for about £1,000 each.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British Airways is facing a multi-million-pound compensation bill after failing to keep secret a deal in which it has agreed to pay passengers £430 each for cancelling their flights.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“European Union countries would hold sensitive information about all passengers entering and leaving the EU on flights under proposals unveiled on Tuesday to toughen terror legislation across the 27-member bloc.”
Financial Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.ft.com
“Senior British Airways staff under criminal investigation for price fixing face the threat of extradition to the US under a controversial treaty, it emerged last night. The justice department in Washington was set to publish the names of 10 former and current BA employees as criminal suspects under investigation for running a fuel surcharge cartel after a judge confirmed a $300m (£151m) fine for the world’s third-largest airline.”
The Guardian, 24th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The price fixing scandal at British Airways deepened yesterday after it emerged the US department of justice will open criminal investigations into senior staff at the airline next week.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BAA today faced renewed calls for it to be broken up it as a competition inquiry that will determine its future entered a crucial phase.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The quality of service received by passengers and airlines at Heathrow airport will come under the scrutiny of the UK’s competition regulator, as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the country’s largest airports operator.”
The Times, 9th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The era of the 1p flight is drawing to a close; travellers will no longer be able to boast about paying next to nothing to jet across Europe.”
The Times, 7th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Airlines want to share information on ‘air rage’ incidents to draw up a blacklist of passengers who would not be allowed to fly again.”
The Times, 6th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British Airways was fined a total of £269 million for conspiring to fix the price of air fares yesterday but the airline could be forced to pay out millions more to passengers seeking compensation.”
The Times, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“British Airways is to pay a record fine of £121.5m after admitting price fixing on fuel surcharges on its long-haul flights.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ryanair, Michael O’Leary’s Irish budget airline, lambasted the European Commission for double standards as it launched a landmark legal action to try to force it to investigate allegations of illegal state aid. “
The Times, 10th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
