The EU's reform of passenger rights agreed on June 12 stopped short of more divisive changes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    30·
    11 days ago

    European airlines are so cheap. Everything that makes a flight less suffering costs extra. I flew with Turkish airlines once, and they just include a meal for everyone. It’s so much less stressful to fly when you don’t have to worry about food.

        • kevinsky@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          Why would you need a meal on a 1 to 3 hour flight?

          Honestly I don’t get the need for meals full stop, even crossing the Atlantic.

          Airplane food is, at best, extremely mid. I prefer to just do a fast in the flight and get something local once on the destination.

          Especially when i’m heading to a place with great food like Mexico i see little purpose in eating mid flight. And it’s not like you need the calories just sitting in that chair either.

    • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
      13·
      11 days ago

      There are many airlines like Turkish airlines in Europe. You are talking about the budget airlines. Those are extremely cheap but do not provide comfort and charge extra for every little thing.

    • Mosfar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      That’s how they sold tickets for less than 30€. If you included all the “extras” similar to a normal flagship airline, you would pay the same or even more on the low costs

    • Fleppensteyn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      I flew to Asia a few times and there’s always a few meals included. But they were always Asian airlines.

      Last time I flew back with a Norwegian airline and I didn’t get to eat at all for the entire way and I was not prepared for that.

      • outstanding_bond@mander.xyzEnglish
        2·
        11 days ago

        I think I remember flying Norwegian from the US to Europe once (~a decade ago), and it was budget but still had meals included. However I believe they’ve since gone bankrupt, and there’s a new airline called Norse Atlantic that is ultra budget and won’t feed you unless you purchase meals beforehand.

        But with a little bit of homework the ultra budget flights can be nice. I did a Paris to Los Angeles flight on French Bee a few years ago and the base fare was under $300, so I didn’t sweat pre-buying seat selection and meals for another 50 or $60.

      • rose56@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        I flew with air Portugal and I had a meal, same with Aegean airlines. Airlines differ.

  • rollin@piefed.socialEnglish
    12·
    11 days ago

    I quickly looked into this the other day when the first articles on it appeared. IIRC there’s a regulation that states children under a certain age must be accompanied by an adult - and that includes sitting right next to them. Ryanair’s policy was to charge the adult the standard “seat booking” extra. Up to 2 kids would then be given seats next to them without additional fees.

    So the problem seems to be that if you’re travelling with small children, you *must* pay to book yourself a seat.

    Ryanair were protesting about any change, no surprise there of course, but I suspect they don’t really have to waive the booking fee for the adult, rather they could just allow them to not pay to book a seat, and make sure they are allocated one randomly with their children next to them.

    In any case, I’m left wondering if this can be a worthwhile way for the EU to spend its time. Given how much it costs for any large administrative body to do anything, this really doesn’t seem like it should be a big priority.

    When you are a parent, there are so many extra costs everywhere, that saving a couple of euros on seat bookings a couple of times a year isn’t going to make any significant difference.

    • Ardyvee@europe.pubEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      While I get what you are saying, I’m not entirely sure where else could the people focused on consumer/passenger rights be focused on, considering it was introduced as part of a series of other reforms around this particular form of travel which millions of Europeans use. It isn’t like this was a whole procedure brought about just for the seating of kids, either.