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Source: AFP
European lawmakers pushed connected Tuesday to prohibition airlines from charging passengers for tiny carry-on luggage successful a determination powerfully opposed by the aviation sector.
The European Parliament's transport committee adopted a connection that would let travellers to bring a idiosyncratic point into the cabin, specified arsenic a handbag oregon backpack, and a manus luggage of up to 7 kilogrammes (15 pounds) astatine nary other fee.
The measurement sought to spare passengers "unjustified other costs", said Matteo Ricci, a centre-left lawmaker and bill's pb sponsor.
Many low-cost aerial carriers see lone 1 tiny on-board point successful the ticket, charging other for different manus baggage.
Airlines for Europe (A4E), an industry association, condemned the proposal, suggesting it would effect successful higher formation prices, upping costs for those who question light.
"Forcing a mandatory trolley bag... obliges passengers to wage for services they whitethorn not privation oregon need," A4E managing manager Ourania Georgoutsakou said up of the vote.
The measure, which would use to each flights departing oregon arriving wrong the 27-nation European Union, was adopted arsenic portion of a bundle of amendments to rider rights rules enactment guardant by the European Commission.
The transport committee besides voted to present a communal signifier for compensation and reimbursement requests arsenic good a defined database of bonzer circumstances, specified arsenic earthy disasters oregon war, nether which airlines can contradict those.
The proposals indispensable adjacent spell to a ballot by the afloat parliament.
They are taxable to alteration arsenic they volition request to beryllium negotiated with and approved by subordinate states earlier they tin participate into force.
Source: AFP
