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Publish levy study, CAA urges
Officials at the Civil Aviation Authority have called on the government to publish the detailed study which sets out the arguments surrounding the introduction of £1 customer protection levy.
The body said it would enable MPs, airlines, the travel industry and consumers to offer full, informed views on the issue.
The call came after the government’s failure to include the levy into the Civil Aviation Bill.
The study, called a Regulatory Impact Assessment, was undertaken by the Department for Transport and CAA and took months to compile.
“The government stated that it is continuing to consider the arguments for and against the wider protection proposal,” a CAA spokesman said. “The CAA recommends that the government now make public the detailed study that the DfT and CAA have undertaken by publishing the Regulatory Impact Assessment which has been prepared on this issue.
“In this way, MPs, airlines, the air travel industry and consumers will be able to have access to the detailed options and be able to comment to the government with the benefit of all the information.”
In a diplomatic statement, the CAA added it was pleased that “proposals to widen the scope of the protection were supported by the majority of MPs who took part in the debate”.
“It was clear that the House [of Commons] felt that the current air travel protection arrangements were outdated and a source of public confusion,” it added.
The CAA also rejected calls from some MPs to scrap ATOL protection altogether. It said governments are required under the European Package Travel Directive to provide a scheme for air travel packages.
“A protection scheme which covered all flights would meet both the requirements of the PTD and restore consumer protection to air travellers who, despite the CAA’s considerable effort at education, still think they have protection when they book a scheduled flight rather than a package.”
Report by Steve Jones
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