48502344 "Aeroflot" to pay compensation to the victims of flight delays
Passengers affected by flight delays airline Aeroflot in late 2010, will receive compensation from the carrier. On it informs RIA Novosti reported with reference to counsel victims of Sergei I. Jorin. According to him, "Aeroflot" voluntarily in the pretrial order agreed to compensate the damage. I. Jorin noted that the parties agreed on the exact amount of payments, but the amount of compensation and the number of passengers who get it, the lawyer did not mention. I. Jorin also reported that the carrier considered the case of each passenger individually. Thanks to the agreement reached in the near future will be withdrawn approximately 50 lawsuits to Aeroflot for a total of 10 million rubles. Representatives of Aeroflot confirmed that reached a "certain agreement" with Sergei I. Jorin. Earlier, the lawyer said his clients failed to agree on compensation and the airline Transaero. According to the carrier, the company paid about 1.4 million rubles to 115 statements of victims. In early March, the Moscow Arbitration Court has fined the "Aeroflot" for 30 thousand rubles for delays and cancellations at the end of last year. According to the Transport Prosecutor's Office, from 25 to 29 December last year, Aeroflot is canceled more than 200 flights and delayed more than 300. At the end of December 2010 in Moscow was freezing rain, which led to traffic jams. Domodedovo airport has been de-energized, and Aeroflot and other carriers have detained hundreds of flights. In Aeroflot said that the cause of failure in the schedule was a lack of inventory de-icing fluid. In January this year, transport prosecutor's office opened a case against five airlines – Aeroflot, Transaero, VIM-Avia, "Siberia" (S7) and Orenburg Airlines.
