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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by matthewuk

This is EXACTLY the sort of scenario the EEC scheme was setup for. Protecting passengers from the additional costs incurred when an airline simply decides to cancel flights.
Yeah but no.

261/2004 applies but, since they've given 14 days notice (announcement came on 9/9, first cancellation 23/9), there is no compensation.

All that pax are entitled to is refund or rerouting. And everybody knows that they won't get rerouted...
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