Originally Posted by
rofly
I was in Italy last December trying to get home via LHR, which was closed due to a snow storm. There was a big, complicated poster in the airport detailing EU rules on the airline's responsibility for compensating the passenger, and weather was excluded.
Other exclusions are earthquakes and Volcanoes. Then there is the all inclusive "Acts of God".
If any government tries to legislate mandatory all inclusive compensation for flight delays of any reason air travel to and from that country would cease.