Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
Because there is nothing in Article 8 that says they have to rebook a passenger onto an other airline - the wording is 'comparable transport conditions' not 'on any other carrier'
And there is no case law from a court of a high enough level to create a precedent to say it means using other carriers.
Plus you are in a whole other game of what does 'comparable' mean. And who decides what comparable condition actually means.
You conveniently avoid quoting the last piece of the text which says "at the earliest opportunity".
If the next BA flight is tomorrow, and an alternative carrier has a flight today with seats available in the customer's class of travel, then clearly using BA flights only is not the earliest opportunity, nor are you minimising the inconvenience to the traveller.