Owing a large number of debts, Icelanders recently ridiculed that the British want cash, but they received only ash. A volcanic eruption made Icelanders enjoy themselves despite poverty. However, due to the ash, European airlines have suffered a big loss of 1.7 billion. Recently these companies have asked the European Union for compensation for the flight ban. Meanwhile, delayed by the chaos of flights, the travelling passengers began to inquire about how to recover their losses.
According to the estimates by the International Air Transport Association, the flight ban issued by the EU for the Icelandic volcanic ash caused the global airline loss of 300 million U.S. dollars per day. The loss during these days was much more than that of three-day no flights for "9.11". However, generally this situation is not within the content insurance company guarantees, so the airlines’ financial situation got even worse.
As the ash is gradually drifting away, some European countries resume flights from April 21. Totally troubled by the travelling passengers, these airline companies began to target the EU and national government. About the "over-cautious" no-fly order, chief executive of Lufthansa Wolfgang Meyer Huber stated his suspect of the forecast accuracy of the volcanic ash model "from the start".
These series of troubles made the EU provide assistance to these airlines. But the British Transport Minister Andrew Adonis insisted the ban was of nothing wrong. He thought the government considered the safety and security as their primary aim.
It is reported that passengers have the right to request for refund. According to the legal right, those who had to flight but were stranded can appeal for compensation including fees of diet and normal accommodation.
It sounds that part of the passengers’ claim can be met. However, British media said that this claim just sounded beautiful. As million people claim, coupled with complex procedures, the so-called "claims" became the battle of no ending.