Update on IFTTA News

• German Court challenges EU Regulation on security standards for passports and travel documents; 
• UK: airlines to include debit card surcharges in headline prices;
• Canada: Transportation Agency decides in flight cancellation and overbooking cases; 
• Germany: lugagge to be carried on a later flight is no legitimate reason to deny boarding; 
• Denmark: passengers of a cancelled flight entitled to rerouting at the earliest opportunity; 
• New Body Scanners at Scottish Airports; 
• Netherlands: new reference for ECJ preliminary ruling regarding air passenger rights; 
• German Supreme Court: no compensation for flight cancellation caused by strike; 
• EU Economic and Social Committee publishes opinion on passenger rights in all transport modes; 
• Egypt: new tourism minister appointed; 
• IFTTA Law Review 2-2012 available online; 
• USA: DOT fines companies for violating Consumer Protection and Price Advertising Rules; 
• UK: Bad Taste Tweets Not Criminal; 
• USA: Airlines lose appeal against DOT fare rules;
• EU Commission publishes consumer tips for visitors to the 2012 Olympic Games; 
• UK and Unfair Contract Terms Reforms; 
• CJEU: inclusion of flight cancellation insurance as a default setting unlawful when selling air tickets over the internet;
• UK: British Airways to check passengers on Google?; 
• Austria: regulation on proper rail passenger behaviour; 
• USA: new law to require airlines to seat families together?; 
•  Scottish Jurisdiction over Shetland; 
• Austria: Appelate court decides on "fly all or pay up" clauses; 
• Spain: Court of Appeal of Barcelona regards Ryanair's boarding pass printing policy lawful;