Press Release: Judgment in Case C-487/12 Vueling Airlines SA v Instituto Galego de Consumo de la Xunta de Galicia – Budget airline baggage charges cleared by top EU court

The European Court of Justice decided on the 18 September 2014 that the Spanish law requiring airlines to carry checked-in baggage without a surcharge infringed EU law.

The price in respect of carriage of checked-in baggage is not an unavoidable and foreseeable item in the fare for air travel, but maybe an optional price supplement, accord to the EU court.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-487/12. Vueling Airlines SA v Instituto Galego de Consumo de la Xunta de Galicia http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-advocate-generals-opinion-in-case-c-487-12-vueling-airlines-sa-v-instituto-galego-de-consumo-de-la-xunta-de-galicia/

EurActiv, 18.09.14: Budget airline baggage charges cleared by top EU court http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/budget-airline-baggage-charges-cleared-top-eu-court-308546

BBC News, 18.09.14: Airlines' luggage surcharges are legal, says European court http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29253383

Deutsche Welle, 18.09.14: EU court rules airlines can charge for checked baggage http://dw.de/p/1DF0E

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