Activities of Jim HIGGINS related to 2013/0072(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 2 – point r
Article 2 – point r
“airport managing body” means a body which, in conjunction with other activities or not as the case may be, has as its objective under national laws, regulations or contracts the administration and management of the airport or airport network infrastructures and the coordination and control of the activities of the different operators present in the airports or airport network concerned;
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
At airports whose annual traffic has been not less than three million passengers for at least three consecutive years, the airport managing body shall ensure that the operations of the airport and of airport users, in particular the air carriers and the suppliers of ground handling services, are coordinated through a proper contingency plan in view of possible situations of multiple cancellations and/or delays of flights leading to a considerable number of passengers stranded at the airport, including in cases of airline insolvency or revocation of the operating licence. The Airport Managing body shall be empowered to adopt measures to enforce co-operation of air carriers and the suppliers of groundhandling services in the preparation of this contingency plan. The contingency plan shall be set up to ensure adequate information and assistance to the stranded passengers. The managing body of the airport shall communicate the contingency plan and any amendments to it to the National Enforcement Body designated pursuant to Article 16. Member States shall ensure that the National Enforcement Body will have both the capability and resources to engage effectively on this topic. At airports below the above-mentioned threshold, the airport management body shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate airport users and to assist and inform stranded passengers in such situations.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In Article 14, the following paragraph shall be inserted: 1a. During their operating hours, airlines shall ensure the presence at each airport they operate in, contact personnel / representatives of the air carrier, who can take immediate decisions in case of denied boarding, cancellation or long delay of flights, with regard to assistance, reimbursement, rerouting, rebooking and lost or delayed baggage and with whom complaints can be lodged.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
The airport managing body shall ensure that general information on passenger rights is clearly and visibly displayed within the passenger areas of the airport. It shall also ensure that passengers present at the airport are informed aboutOn the basis of information received in an appropriately timely manner from air carriers, it shall also ensure that passengers present at the airport are informed about the causes of delays and flight disruption and their rights in this regard. For example, the cancellation of their flight and about their rights in case the airline unexpectedly ceases operations as in the case ofevent of its insolvency or revocation of its operating licence.
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2027/97
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The Community air carrier or its ground handling representative shall provide a complaint form at the airport which allows the passenger to immediately submit such a complaint about damaged or delayed baggage. Such a complaint form, which may take the form of a Property Irregularity Report (PIR), shall be accepted by the air carrier at the airport as a complaint pursuant to Article 31(2) of the Montreal Convention. This possibility shall not affect the right of the passenger to submit a complaint via other means within the deadlines given by the Montreal Convention.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 2027/97
Article 6d – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6d – paragraph 1 a (new)
In Article 6d, the following paragraph shall be inserted: 1a. Passengers shall be allowed to carry in the cabin a reasonable amount of essential personal items or belongings including at least one bag of airport shopping, at no extra cost, in addition to the cabin baggage allowance.