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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
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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
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency