Lufthansa Seeks Compensation From BAA

Europe’s largest airline in terms of revenue and Heathrow airport’s second largest customer has joined forces with Virgin Atlantic following the snow closure debacle 1 week before Christmas.

After Sir Richard Branson announced his airline would not be paying landing and parking fees to the airport until an investigation was carried out and compensation packages were on the table. Now Lufthansa has jumped on the bandwagon along with its subsidiary BMI.

Both of which want BAA to come up with ways to compensate the airlines, which is assumed via relief on landing and parking fees, during that period.

British Airways have estimated the damage caused by the closure close to £50 million while Virgin estimate a £10 million loss. All three airlines will be looking for compensation from BAA who themselves have announced they lost £25 million because of the snow.

A BAA spokesman commented they would not discuss contractual agreements in the public domain and that a enquiry was being carried out to improve its service to the public.