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CJ of the EU and Vueling Airlines case: Spanish law requiring airlines to carry checked-in baggage without a surcharge, infringes EU law

Luxembourg, Luxembourg - The price in respect of carriage of checked-in baggage is not an unavoidable and foreseeable item in the fare for air travel, but may be an optional price supplement

Spanish legislation prohibits air carriers from making checking in passengers’ baggage subject to an optional price supplement. In August 2010, the airline Vueling Airlines (‘Vueling’) added € 40 to the base price of 4 plane tickets for a return journey between La Coruña (Spain) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands) purchased by Ms Arias Villegas (€ 241.48) when she checked in two pieces of baggage on...

fra/pec - 1162586
Rome, Italy, 09/18/2014 13:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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