Mon, Aug 21, 2006
Comments Come As Ryanair, BA Talk Of Suing
Airlines are spending
millions trying to deal with the ban on liquids aboard commercial
flights here in the US. Baggage handling and screening resources
are stretched thin and we're getting an increasing number of
reports that bags and passengers aren't getting to the same place
at the same time. Who should pay for new security enhancements?
Giovani Bisignani says... that bill should go directly to the
world's governments.
The president of the International Air Transport Association
(right) says in an interview with the French newspaper, Le Monde
that it's too early to gauge the financial costs of restrictions
put in place after this month's discovery of a plot to blow up
trans-Atlantic flights using liquid explosives.
Already, Bisignani says the world's airlines are paying more
than $5.6 billion more for security now than they did before the
September 11th attacks in 2001.
"National security is the responsibility of governments,"
Bisignani said. "Very clearly, governments must bear these
additional costs for security."
But should airlines be
paid back for losses incurred since the new security alert 10 days
ago?
As Aero-News reported,
Ryanair is talking about suing the British Airports Authority for
the expenses it has incurred in cancelling flights, accomodating
stranded passengers and shipping lost luggage to its proper
destinations. British Airways has hinted at such a move, as
well.
Bisignani says BAA should have been better prepared to deal with
the crisis... and should have asked for help from the British
military... but didn't.
Although he didn't say outright whether BAA should reimburse
airlines for their troubles, he did tell Le Monde... BAA should
have done a better job of handling the crisis.
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