Costs Awarded Against Airlines

Posted by Jill Browne Feb 23, 2008

The Canadian Transportation Agency has just released its decision about costs in the one person, one fare case. This is the case where the Agency has ordered the major Canadian airlines, WestJet and Air Canada, and Jazz, which is related to Air Canada, to provide extra seating for disabled people who need it.

Now the airlines will have to pay the legal costs for the applicants who brought the case and for the intervener who brought a separate, successful, case on behalf of obese travellers.

It is open to the airlines to appeal both the main decision and the award of costs, but so far there do not appear to be any public statements on either of the airlines' websites.