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However, jet fuel prices are not extraordinary circumstances, clarifies the EU Transport Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/59df243a-e264-465c-979f-ad56ccfa8f7a?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He admits that the situation is strained, but emphasises that the current rules are sufficient for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU Commission will this week present guidelines for airlines and travellers affected by the Iran war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: DI-TT.SE<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H\u00f6jda br\u00e4nslepriser \u00e4r inte force majeure, sl\u00e5r EU-kommissionen fast. Blir ett flyg inst\u00e4llt har resen\u00e4rerna r\u00e4tt till ers\u00e4ttning. Under maj minskar den\u00a0globala flygtrafiken med tv\u00e5 miljoner s\u00e4ten till f\u00f6ljd av stigande priser p\u00e5 flygbr\u00e4nsle. Men flygbr\u00e4nslepriserna \u00e4r inte extraordin\u00e4ra omst\u00e4ndigheter, f\u00f6rtydligar EU:s transportkommission\u00e4r Apostolos Tzitzikostas i en intervju med\u00a0Financial Times. Han medger att situationen \u00e4r [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":303335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[7556,7481,1522,419,7554,85,212,767,312,7550,233,929,7555,117,1506,420,155],"class_list":["post-303573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyg","tag-apostolos-tzitzikostas","tag-branslepriser","tag-ersattning","tag-eu","tag-eu-kommissionen","tag-flyg","tag-flygbolag-travelguiden","tag-flygbransle","tag-tag-flygplats","tag-force-majeure","tag-installda","tag-installda-flyg","tag-passagerarrattigheter","tag-resa","tag-resebranschen","tag-resenarer","tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inst\u00e4llda flyg inte force majeure \u2013 EU 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