A travel agency group is calling for EU law to be changed after a Belgian airline was liquidated last month, leaving “thousands unlikely to receive refunds”, and putting the financial burden on travel intermediaries.
Air Belgium, a cargo airline that used to run passenger flights, has been taken over by a shipping company after the company fell into financial hardship and was liquidated.
The airline announced on 30 April that a business court has approved CMA CGM group, which has deals in sea, land and air logistics, to take over the airline’s cargo operations.
As a result, the…