A Liverpool judge, ruling in a test cast that may affect thousands of British travelers, has ordered airlines to stop delaying compensation they are owed for canceled or delayed flights. The airlines have placed millions of pounds worth of compensation cases on hold for various reasons, including saying that they are waiting for settlement of other cases in European courts.
Estimates of the amount involved range up to nearly £500 million a year (over $770 million)
Much more detail from Telegraph (UK) HERE
