Refunds on canceled flights will be expedited

The EU Commission announced that, as a result of negotiations with Internet travel agencies, the agencies have committed to promptly refund tickets in case of flight cancellations.

Noting that eDreams, Opodo, Go Voyages, Travellink, Liligo, Mytrip, GotoGate, Flybillet, Flightnetwork, Supersavetravel, seat24, Travelstart and Kiwi.com will issue ticket refunds to consumers on flight cancellations within 14 days at the latest, add the statement. that this will be beneficial to the air travel industry.

In the statement, it was recalled that airlines that canceled the flight under EU passenger rights must refund the flight fare within 7 days, and this period was extended for tickets purchased through agencies. from Internet.

With the new application, it was noted that as of June 30, Internet travel agencies will receive the refund from the airline within 7 days for canceled flights and will send it to the consumer within a maximum period of 7 days.

In the statement, it was indicated that the return transactions accumulated in the past period will be resolved by the end of this month. (AA)