Airline bosses have raised concerns about the impact of the Supreme Court decision to throw out appeals by Jet2.com and Thomson Airways over flight compensation.
Last week Britain’s highest court rejected applications by both companies, meaning that decisions against them in the Court of Appeal stand.
Speaking on stage at WTM, Flybe’s chief commercial officer Paul Simmons insisted the ruling was unfair and that the additional costs airlines incurred could be passed on to consumers.
“I think like everyone - we have to follow the law and adhere to what’s been decided. But it patently doesn’t appear to be very fair, particularly for a regional airline like ourselves where a lot of the time we are competing against surface transport, which doesn’t have the same issues,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s the passenger boon that the consumer journalists are making it out to be, because eventually it will get passed on [back to the customer].”
