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CAA chiefs plead to MPs for powers to tackle rogue airlines and match rising consumer expectation

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Gary Noakes
17 April 2024

The CAA badly needs new legal powers to crack down on rogue airlines and ensure it can meet people’s rising expectations of watchdogs, MPs have been told.

CAA chiefs plead to MPs for powers to tackle rogue airlines and match rising consumer expectation

Hillier: 'We need to make sure our statutory powers match rising consumer expectation'

Addressing parliament’s transport committee on Wednesday (17 April), CAA chair Sir Stephen Hillier said Wizz Air’s reluctance to honour its obligations to consumers following a series of delays and cancellations during 2022 and 2023 had highlighted deficiencies in its ability to act.