CAA publishes airline fee comparison table
Published: 01/02/2012 - Filed under: News »
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has created a constantly updated table which compares the various fees charged by airlines when booking travel. The new tool can be accessed for free and covers many of the major UK based airlines in an easy to read comparison table.
Information on the cost of taking hold luggage on board, having an in-flight meal and reserving specific seats is all included, as well as a range of other optional charges that airlines may apply.
The fees and charges comparison table is available to view at: airline fees and charges table.
Transport Secretary Justine Greening said: "I hope this new information from the CAA will help, which is why we are legislating to give the CAA even more powers to ensure transparency for consumers. Ultimately, however, it’s time that airlines were far clearer cut with passengers about these add-on charges in the first place.”
This move follows efforts by the government to make airline charges more transparent, and the recent decision by the UK Treasury to ban excessive card fees (see online news December 23, 2011).
For more information visit caa.co.uk or you can follow the CAA on Twitter @UK_CAA.
Report by Scott Carey
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fastphil - 01/02/2012 18:53
For 'constantly updated' read every 3 months ! That's a long time in today's dynamic marketplace.
Age_of_Reason - 02/02/2012 08:34
Too fast, phil .... Theis is a major breakthrough, and shows a major turnaround in attitude by the spanish-owned CAA. The knowledge that a rip-off or clandestine overcharge will be revealed withing 3 months should be enough to scare a lot of bad practice away. The dynamic will take advantage of the free publicity they can gain.
But best of all, the divested CAA assets like LGW and (soon) EDI will be compared with the residual CAA assets, and a long history of CAA overcharging and monopolism will be revealed, to net customer benefit.
Chriseurope - 02/02/2012 11:57
Age_of_Reason .... I think you're confusing CAA with BAA !
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