No refund for 40% of plane tickets cancelled By TPN/Lusa, in News, Tourism · 02-07-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
About 5.5 million airline tickets were cancelled in 2020 by airlines operating in Portugal, of which 40 percent of passengers were not reimbursed - instead they have received vouchers or are still waiting for a solution.
The information from the European Court of Auditors (TCE), concludes that “the rights of air transport passengers in the European Union remained on the ground during the pandemic” of Covid-19, namely in Portugal, due to successive cancellations and restrictions.
With regard to Portugal, data from the TCE reveal that, in 2020, 5.5 million tickets were cancelled by the main airlines operating in Portugal, affecting about “87 percent of passengers on flights to or from Portugal”.
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The Portuguese Minister for Infrastructure and Housing says that the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU “supports policies that will avoid settling for minimum standards” in the aviation sector and invites all stakeholders and EU Member States to “join forces to prevent this type of behaviour”.
Pedro Nuno Santos was speaking at the Aviation Day Conference, organised by the National Civil Aviation Authority under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, about the challenges faced by aviation in a world after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister also pointed to the ecological challenges faced by the sector, guaranteeing that TAP will be one of the “greenest, most comfortable” airlines in the world. The world is going through a period that demands “critical action”, and politicians and the community must be “up to the challenge”, according to Pedro Nuno Santos.
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Textron Aviation announced on Wednesday that its Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER and King Air 260 aircraft have received certifications from Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC/National Civil Aviation Authority). With that hurdle cleared, the company is planning to begin deliveries of its newest twin-engine turboprop models in the country this quarter. According to Textron, almost 500 King Airs are currently in operation in Brazil, making it the second largest active King Air fleet outside of the U.S.
“The Beechcraft King Air’s operational versatility is its key selling point in Brazil and around the globe,” said Textron Aviation vice president of sales in Latin America Marcelo Moreira. “The King Air is a high-performance turboprop that can operate in almost any environment, from large metropolitan airports to short unprepared strips, which is why the aircraft is so popular in this region of the world.”
Textron Aviation s Beechcraft King Air 360 was awarded FAA type certification last October. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
The National Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil (ANAC) has cleared the way for deliveries to begin this quarter of the Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER and 260 following the regulator’s awarding of certification to Wichita airframer Textron Aviation.
Nearly 500 older King Air variants are in operation in Brazil, which boasts the second-largest active fleet of the turboprop twin outside of the U.S. “The Beechcraft King Air s operational versatility is its key selling point in Brazil and around the globe,” said Textron Aviation v-p of sales for Latin America Marcelo Moreira. “The King Air is a high-performance turboprop that can operate in almost any environment, from large metropolitan airports to short unprepared strips, which is why the aircraft is so popular in this region of the world.”