echoes aviation reduces EU261 costs

EU regulation 261/2004 is about air passenger rights regarding compensation and assistance to air passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights. Often called EU261.

Airlines operating in Europe fall under this EU regulation, no matter where in the world they are based.

The regulation is complex. It continues to generate numerous court rulings across the EU. It is interpreted extensively and often changing the original regulation to the disadvantage of the airlines.

Costs related to the EU air passenger rights compensation is often a significant burden for the airlines operating to, from or within Europe.

At echoes aviation we have the expertise. We are lawyers, we are airline managers, we are pilots, and we have decades of airline operational, management and legal background. We know aviation, and we know EU’s regulation on air passenger rights like no other management consulting firm.

The most desirable way to reduce an airline's EU261 costs is to avoid the regulation to trigger. This is where the focus must be within the airline, and where echoes aviation can provide change management.

We assist airlines all over the world, European and non-European airlines, large and small, reducing their EU air passenger rights compensation costs often by double digits percentage, at very competitive management consulting rates.

Right now, the aviation industry faces the biggest challenges it has ever seen with the Corona pandemic. Already before this crisis, high costs associated with overheads, aircraft investments and jet fuel eroded the narrow economic margins available to operate.

As we come out of the Corona crisis, it is essential for airlines to reduce its costs in the highly competitive aviation market.

Contact echoes aviation today and find out how we may assist your airline.

Let us reduce your EU261 costs.