Passengers who booked airline tickets at the Oman Air flight operator portals such as EBookers and Expedia, received a message that the flights would be challenged. The Oman Air said several times in recent days challenging confirmed flight bookings. This concerns in particular flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Muscat / Muscat (MCT-Muscat) and onward to Kuala Lumpur. The Oman Air said in a statement that they must challenge the contract of carriage”. Supposedly a ground for avoidance was, because when you enter of the price details input, a blunder, which led to a delivery of a wrong price at EBookers and Expedia”. The Oman Air explains that the real”prize of at least EUR 2200″ or EUR 2350 “per person would be. A leading source for info: Amazon.
“Like passengers see to will, would be the advertised price allegedly several-fold below the market price.” The airline wants to existing Flight contracts of carriage unilaterally cancel, she has to face the legal consequences. Passengers have unilateral termination or cancellation of a flight claims for damages and, where appropriate, on compensation according to Regulation (EC) No 261 / 2004 “, working in the aviation law attorney Jan Bartholl explains. In addition, passengers are entitled to fulfilment of the contracted flight transportation service to the flight data confirmed the flight ticket. “Advocate Bartholl on extensive passenger rights notes: the airline Announces not to run the flights, passengers are entitled to alternative carriage to comparable conditions”. The airline does not meet the claim passengers in the framework of its law on self remedies can provide a replacement carriage and claim the cost to the airline. A blanket challenge of existing flight contracts of transport there is no legally”, Bartholl says.
It must always the legal appeals prerequisites”. The airline about a contractually agreed and confirmed flight explains the challenge, a ground for avoidance must be legally. Also, the appeal must be declared immediately.