From TravelMole.com:
Virgin withholds airport fees over snow disruption
Virgin Atlantic has told BAA that it will withhold its fees over the closure of airports during December’s heavy snow.
It says it will not pay until the results of an inquiry into the closures, blaming BAA’s ‘slow reaction’ for some of the disruption at Heathrow and other airports.
A spokesman for the airline said: “We have written to BAA this weekend to advise them that we are withholding our fees from the airport operator until its inquiry into the snow enforced runway closures in December is completed.
Full article here: http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1145860.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=_rnms~s~T_
Seems only fair I think, and I wonder how many other airlines will follow suit?
By: wozza - 10th January 2011 at 21:49
Fair? Perhaps. Wise? Not really. Would I want to do it? Yes. Would I? Definitely Not.
I dare say this comes down to personal opinion ofc, but it’s a bit like civil disobedience – you just can’t do it. Legally it’s all over the place, and I’m sure repercussions will follow for VS in the long run… PR gimmick? VS stands up to the establishment yet again? Over the years it’s image has been built on this…
It’s a breach of a legal contract with BAA which BAA has itself broken in spirit but not technically speaking I dare say so it’s not the wisest course of action anybody has taken.
Hopefully the fruits of the sale of Gatwick will bear fruit over the coming years and Heathrow will have no choice but to up it’s game…
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January 10, 2011 at 12:27 pm