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We have been saying this for ages. It is all well and good the EU having delayed flight regulations in place in order to look after passengers but, unless passengers know of those rights, they are not going to be able to benefit from them. At the moment, airlines flying out of the EU and EU Airlines...

The thought of being left stranded in an airport due to a flight cancellation or severe flight delay fills most passengers with dread. However, you may change your mind and actually welcome a flight delay if you visit certain international airports. That is because there are some airports which are...

In less than a week, two United Airline planes bound for the USA have been forced to turn around and land back at Heathrow due to ‘technical issues’. The first, UA935 on 7th August, took off from Heathrow with 279 people on board bound for Los Angeles. Shortly after take off, one of the...

Airlines are becoming more aware that passengers will be making flight delay compensation claims and so they are setting up departments to deal with them. Unfortunately, this tends to be just the larger airlines with the smaller ones simply handling any claims to their customer services department. The...

We have seen a massive spike in interest from Internet users in New York following mention of Fairplane UK in a New York Times article. Journalist Jane L. Leverepicked up the Which? report and ran with it, informing our American friends all about their rights to claim Flight Delay Compensation if...

It has been a very busy weekend for us here at FairPlane UK. On Saturday 8th August, the consumer champion ‘Which?’ issued a report on the EU Flight Delay Regulations and how, in the UK, most passengers are unaware of their right to claim flight delay compensation. The Which? Report was...