Airline ancillary fees: CJEU rules on legality of baggage fees

The CJEU has delivered its judgment on the case C-487/12 on the legality of additional charges for checked and unchecked baggage under EU law. The Court found that such charges are permitted for checked baggage, but not allowed for hand luggage. 

CJEU: EU-MS may prohibit charges for the use of cashless payment methods

The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled in its judgment of 9 April 2014 (case C-616/11) that under Directive 2007/64/EC on payment services a Member State (MS) may prohibit charges for cashless payments levied by traders to customers. This ruling entails that EU-MS may, in full accordance with EU law, prohibit airline transaction fees charged to customers (e.g. credit card fees).