Airline Forces Money

From the BBC:
"Comtel Air cancels Amritsar to Birmingham flights"

An airline accused of asking passengers to pay extra for fuel to fly home has cancelled UK flights at the weekend. A Comtel Air flight from Amritsar to Birmingham was grounded in Vienna on Tuesday by its Spanish carrier Mint Lineas Aereas due to financial issues. Passengers said they were "held to ransom" and asked to pay a total of £23,000 to continue their journey. The Essex-based company was registered with the Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol), run by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the UK. The CAA said it would be stepping in to "assist repatriation for all customers", and estimated 200 Skyjet UK customers were currently abroad.

^ This is so weird. I guess it shows that even in the EU (where passengers have more rights than those in the US, Canada or the rest of the world) things can go bad. I hope there are criminal charges brought against everyone involved - from the airline to the ticket agents. It is just one more example of why I have no desire to ever go to India. Everything I read and see show India as a depressing, dirty, corrupt country. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15775920