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HANDLING FLIGHT OVERSALES

In common with most airlines we may sometimes overbook flights to allow as many people as possible to travel. Often passengers holding confirmed reservations and flexible tickets change their plans or don't turn up To address this and ensure popular flights do not leave with empty seats we use historical data to take a small number of additional reservations.

On rare occasions however all the confirmed passengers will check in for the flight and in this instance we comply fully with EU regulation 261/2004, and for flights departing from US airports the US Department of Transport 14 CFR Part 250, by firstly seeking volunteers to give up their seats and by offering affected passengers compensation and a seat on the next available flight, as well as meals and accommodation where necessary

More information on our overbooking policies can be found here



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