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24-06-2013

When nature calls and nobody is home

We know that airlines are forever looking to economise, but slightly uncomfortable and squirming news reached us about a recent United Airlines flight from London to San Francisco which ran out of toilet paper.

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21-06-2013

Unicorn’t be serious?

Airport officials at Antalya Airport, Turkey, unjustly stamped a childs passport stating she was a 37 cm long pink unicorn called Lily Harris.

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13-06-2013

Your arrival time will be?

Interesting information arrived at our office regarding flight times. It has long been the suspicion that airlines buffer their arrival times to guard against any claims under EU Regulation 261/2004 in the event of delays.

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11-06-2013

Bogus pilot flies commercial flights into UK

In a tale direct from the Steven Spielberg movie “Catch Me If You Can” a man has been convicted in his absence in a UK Court after being charged with flying a commercial aircraft without a license.

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07-06-2013

Ryanair too good to be true?

Michael O’Leary is not a man afraid of a bold statement. A simple Google search will show you any number of quotes attributed to him down the years. Ryanair planes landing currently will proudly proclaim that 90% of their flights land on time beating every other European Airline. But is that true?

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05-06-2013

100 Days Report

Saturday the 1st of June 2013 saw the Bott Aviation Department turn 100 Days Old. It seems but a blink of an eye since we took our first group of clients from EUclaim pursuing compensation under EU Regulation 261/2004 for delayed, cancelled, rerouted or missed connection flights and it is safe to say that it has been a whirlwind period.

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03-06-2013

Is Barack Obama an extraordinary circumstance?

EUclaim has taken on an interesting case where British Airways allege that Barack Obama arriving at London Heathrow was the cause of flights being cancelled or delayed.

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24-05-2013

London Heathrow closed due to emergency landing

This morning we heard the news that an Airbus A319 with 75 passengers on board had to make an emergency landing at London Heathrow.

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15-05-2013

Is Whitney Houston an extraordinary circumstance? How Will I Know?

A rather wonderful story, confirming that a female passenger caused a flight to make an unscheduled stop in Kansas City from its scheduled route of Los Angeles to New York. The reason for the landing? The passenger would not stop singing the Whitney Houston hit “I Will Always Love You”.

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14-05-2013

First Court Proceedings Issued by Bott Aviation

Bott Aviation in partnership with EUclaim, are very pleased to announce that they have issued their first set of Court proceedings in the pursuit of compensation under EU Regulation 261/2004.

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