I wont bore you with the details, but I worked on the package travel regulations specifically liability in the area of transportation all those years ago. Since the introduction of the legislation many areas of it have as was expected been challenged in court with interesting results. Huzar v Jet2 was certainly an eye opener and has changed the thinking of many.
in respect of Maleth a rough calculation of liability based on say 300 seats and the incidents that spring to mind could result in claims of over £1.5 million if not more.
I don’t think Maleth will get out of the liability and I don’t think they will walk away from operating in the uk in future which could be the ultimate sanction by the CAA many years from now.
I expect them to have a very very small department to handle these claims. I expect them to be overwhelmed as they focus on day to day operations. No question in recent weeks they have been more reliable than Tui.
I think Maleth WILL pay as future customers of theirs, namely tour operators, cruise operators and other airlines won’t want the liability ultimately passing to them.
certainly p&o need to put pressure on Maleth and that will I think be an option to speed matters up.