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Railway staff, Lufthansa ground personnel, and aviation security assistants – the mega strike on March 7, 2024
Since the early morning of March 7, 2024, train drivers nationwide, Lufthansa ground staff, and aviation security assistants at Frankfurt/Main and Hamburg airports have been on strike. Disruptions in air travel are inevitable. What rights do air passengers and package holiday travelers have?
Attorney Hopperdietzel’s legal tips on anwalt.de:
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Strike by airport security staff – flight cancellations as a result – your rights as air passengers / travelers
On February 1, 2024, security checkpoint staff (aviation security assistants) went on strike at many German airports. The result was frustration, inconvenience, and even financial losses. Here you can find an overview of your rights as affected travelers.
Attorney Hopperdietzel’s legal tips on anwalt.de:
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lto.de: "Anyone who declares withdrawal prematurely bears the consequences themselves"
March 1, 2024: "If extraordinary circumstances affect the performance of a package tour, customers may withdraw free of charge. However, this only applies if those circumstances already exist at the time the withdrawal is declared, the ECJ makes clear."
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NoShow – ruecktritt.eu in Stiftung Warentest, Issue 12/2020
Category: "Money and Law – Travelers’ Rights in Times of Corona" Package holidays: Cancellation possible without a travel warning Cruises: No withdrawal due to mask requirements Read more...
n-tv: Waldbrände im Urlaubsparadies (2021)
Package holiday travelers allowed to cancel
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Verbraucherzentrale Rheinland-Pfalz: Erdbeben, Epidemie, Feuer - Ihre Rechte bei Krisen am Urlaubsort
In Italy, Greece, and Turkey, wildfires raged in the summer of 2021, the coronavirus was spreading worldwide, and several countries issued travel warnings due to the threat of terrorism: the rights of vacationers when a crisis event affects their booked holiday destination.
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n-tv:
No November trip
What rights do vacationers have?
In November, stricter COVID-19 rules will once again apply in Germany. Travel should, if possible, not take place at all. What does this mean for planned vacations? And what rights do those affected have?
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WELT Online:
Mask requirements, buffet bans – These are your rights on a Mallorca holiday
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung:
"Extraordinary circumstances even without a travel warning"
A ruling on travel cancellations due to the coronavirus strengthens the rights of vacationers. Nevertheless, not everyone can simply cancel free of charge, explains travel law expert Paul Degott.
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Consumer advice center:
Worldwide COVID-19 travel warning: Package holidays can be cancelled free of charge
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Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband:
Cancelled trips: Forced vouchers are not a solution
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
EU rejects travel vouchers: Vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled holidays – this was how the government wanted to support the travel industry. But the EU Commission sees this as a breach of EU law.
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RP-Online:
Forced vouchers off the table.
EU Commission opposes German solution – search for alternatives
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Handelsblatt:
Coalition scraps government plans for mandatory travel vouchers for COVID-19 cancellations
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Tagesschau:
EU opposes forced vouchers.
The German federal government has received a rejection from the EU Commission. No passenger has to accept a voucher if their flight is canceled in the Corona crisis.
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