Court Dismisses Westjet Legal Challenge of Order to Compensate Passenger for Flight Delay | CBC News

An appeals court has dismissed a legal challenge filed by westjet over an order to compensate a passenger for a flight cancellation, potentially setting a precedent for other such castes.

Canada’s Transport regulator – The Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) – Had Ordered Westjet to pay a passenger $ 1,000 for a 2021 Flight cancellation. The federal court of appeal ruled monday that there was “no reviewable error” in the CTA’s decision.

Westjet had mained that the cancellation was for safety purposes and therefore it should be required to compensate the passenger.

But the three-judge panel found that Westjet Didn Bollywood Ek Offer Adequate Evidence to the CTA to Support Its Claim.

“The agency had to be satisfied, on a balance of problems and based on the evidence before it, that [WestJet] Had Taken Reasonable Measures to Implement a Reasonable Containcy Plan to Mitigate the Flight Disrupt that Resulted from the Crew Shortage Cured Cured by the Fire Officer’s Absence, “The COURT ‘ Monday, said.

“The applent Led Insufficient Evidence to satisfy the agency of this. I am of the View that the agency made no reviewable error,” The ruling said.

Under CTA Regulations, Airlines are required – in certain circumstans – to compensate passengers when a flight is delayed or canceled.

Implications for other legal challenges

The case involved passenger owen lareau, whose flight in July 2021 from Regina Back Home to OTTAWA WAS Cancelled, Causing A 21-Hour Delay.

According to the cta, westjet argued that a pilot had called in sick about an hour before take -off and a replacement wouldn’t be found in time, so the fly cancellation Warrant compensation.

But the cta-a ​​quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with settling disputes between airlines and customers-Ruled That Westjet “did not deficiently Estably Unavoidable, so or Ordered the airline to compensate lareau $ 1,000.

Monday’s Ruling Could have implications for other cases where airlines have challenged cta decisions. Air canada, who was an intervener in letterau’s case, has also filled lead leadges to the agency’s rulings.

CBC News has Asked Westjet for comment on the court’s ruling.