Vconsumer protectors: The principle of advance payment for air travel must be abolished!
The head of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations, Ramona Pop, has called for the prepayment principle to be abolished in view of the flight chaos in Germany. “The problems are homemade, especially by the airlines. It can’t be the case that consumers now have to pay for it and pay in advance for flights that ultimately don’t take place,” Pop told the editorial network Germany on Saturday. “That’s why the principle of advance payment must be abolished.”
Consumers are currently giving airlines interest-free loans “so that they are financially liquid again,” Pop criticized. “And right now at a time when consumers urgently need their money themselves.” This summer has “shown once again that the aviation industry does not deserve a leap of faith”.
Regardless of the current situation, the federal association has long been demanding that the price for flights and package tours should be due at the earliest at the time of departure.
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