7 Amendments of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2011/2150(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that there still exist uncertainty regarding the obligation to inform passengers about their rights; Calls on the Commission to clarify the obligation to inform passengers under Article 14(2) by considering it fulfilled once the passengers have been properly informed at the time of their booking, either by receiving an information leaflet with their booking in a travel agency, or by having to read the information and accept it before being able to make an online booking; and in addition once the airline has made an announcement at the airport that the flight is delayed and that further information on passengers rights can be retrieved at a clearly indicated location at the airport;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to clarify that in case one flight within a rotation is delayed or cancelled due to an extraordinary circumstance, the airline can also refer to that extraordinary circumstance for the first succeeding flight within that same rotation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to come up with guidelines on the correct interpretation of 'extraordinary circumstances';
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls upon the Commission to further clarify which questions might still need clarification;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to adopt measures to ensure price transparency, such as the provisions on passenger transport services in the recently adopted Consumer Rights Directive, and to protect passengers against other unfair contractual terms implemented by airlines including unrestricted add-on charges for basic services such as exorbitant fees for paying by creditcards and imposing unreasonable restrictions on hand luggage and personal effects, including airport shopping;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines on the interpretation of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 concerning the rights of air passengers with reduced mobility, notably on the provisions on security and accompanying persons; calls on the Commission to identify categories of persons with limited mobility and the circumstances under which they could compromise flight safety;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that all airline companies flying to and from the European Union have to be obliged to participate in alternative dispute resolution; emphasises that the body organising this alternative dispute resolution, should be independent from the airline companies; stresses that the decisions made by this body should be binding for both consumer and airline;