{"id":588,"date":"2017-11-14T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=588"},"modified":"2017-11-14T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:06:46","slug":"l-ewro-parlamentari-jappellaw-lil-kummissarju-biex-ihares-id-drittijiet-tal-passiggieri-u-l-haddiema","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/l-ewro-parlamentari-jappellaw-lil-kummissarju-biex-ihares-id-drittijiet-tal-passiggieri-u-l-haddiema\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs urge Commissioner to better protect passengers\u2019 and workers\u2019 rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3216\" height=\"1741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair.jpg 3216w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair-300x162.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair-768x416.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair-1024x554.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ryanair-283x152.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3216px) 100vw, 3216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the cancellation of thousands of flights by Ryanair, MEPs expressed dismay about the difficulties faced by passengers<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a debate with Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, many MEPs pointed out that passengers had not received complete information on compensation and the full range of re-routing options available to them. Companies responsible for breaking the rules should be held accountable, they added, with some calling for more effective sanctions to be put in place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe single aviation market has many benefits but also many obligations. We therefore expect all airlines operating in the EU to fully respect European rules\u201d Commissioner Bulc was quoted saying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Several MEPs urged the Council to unblock the discussions on the revision of rules on passenger rights and to start negotiations with Parliament, whose position has been on the table since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some members also stressed that working conditions on low-cost air carriers should be investigated by the Commission. Competitiveness cannot come at the cost of workers\u2019 rights and poor working conditions can also become a safety issue, they said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Bulc promised to launch a study next year on social conditions and mobile workers\u2019 rights in aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Following the cancellation of thousands of flights by Ryanair, MEPs expressed dismay about the difficulties faced by passengers \u00a0 In a debate with Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, many MEPs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":603,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[32],"issuem_issue_categories":[8],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/588"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/588\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}