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MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has called on the chief executives of Ryanair and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to investigate an apparent name-change booking 'glitch' which has cost many passengers at least £115 to fix – and presented them with a dossier detailing more than 160 reports of the problem.

The aviation regulator is taking enforcement action against Ryanair, after the budget airline refused to compensate passengers hit by strike-related disruption. 

Ryanair is refusing to pay compensation for delays and cancellations caused by strikes by some of its cabin crew and pilots despite TWO regulators saying it should.

Families should not have to pay to sit together on a plane as splitting up groups could hinder emergency evacuations, aviation experts have warned.

Thousands more passengers who have missed connecting flights with Emirates could now be able to claim compensation after the Supreme Court refused its appeal to argue they were not eligible.

Almost a fifth of airline passengers have been separated from the rest of their group because they didn't pay extra to sit together, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), as it launched an investigation into allocated seating policies.

Some Monarch customers whose cancelled holidays or flights were protected under the ATOL scheme will be sent a form to make a claim by next Wednesday. But if you booked direct with Monarch Holidays, you'll need to try and claim from your credit card provider BEFORE claiming on ATOL.

Monarch Airlines has gone into administration and all its holidays and flights have been cancelled with immediate effect.

Monarch Airlines has been granted a 24-hour extension to its ATOL licence, meaning its flights and package holidays will continue to operate as normal today amid uncertainty over its future.

A Ryanair passenger whose flight was one of 18,000 cancelled yesterday has been told he cannot be transferred onto a flight with another airline – despite the regulator launching enforcement action intended to tackle this issue.