Monday, January 19, 2009
Thai expulsion - follow up
During my stay in Bangkok airport I was scarred that I was told even if I buy a new ticket to return home, the airline can refuse my boarding since I am not anymore a normal passenger. I wrote a notice to European Commison, Directorate General for Energy and Transport via web page and I received recently an answer not very well targeted, but here it is for anyone refference:


Dear Mr Richard Adrian Vencu,
 
I apologise for our late answer which is due to a temporary restrain of human resources in our unit. I realise that this reply reaches you belatedly and I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Under the EU Regulation on air passenger rights [EC]261/2004 http://europa.eu/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2004/l_046/l_04620040217en00010007.pdf, Member States are responsible for monitoring and enforcing Regulation 261/2004 in individual cases between passengers and airlines, which means that the Commission is not competent to deal with passenger complaints. 

With regard to your case, from the little information you provided, it seems that you attempted to travel without a valid visa and you were probably denied boarding. On this, I regret to inform you that in case of inadequate travel documentation (such as visa), the airline is in principle considered to have reasonable ground of refuse boarding to passengers.
Reference can be made to Article 2 of the above-mentioned Regulation, which sets out a definition as follows:

"'Denied boarding' means a refusal to carry passengers on a flight, although they have presented themselves for boarding under the conditions laid down in Article 3(2), except where there are reasonable grounds to deny them boarding, such as reasons of health, safety or security, or inadequate travel documentation".



Monday, January 19, 2009 8:19:52 PM (GTB Standard Time, UTC+02:00)  #  Comments [0] 
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