Nearly $100,000 of that goes to insurance, which he keeps cheap by limiting the motion coverage (for flight operations and liability) to three planes.
And airlines are required to reimburse travelers for lost luggage: on domestic flights, the maximum liability is $3,000 a person.
Condescending, n. -- "a prisoner going down a flight of stairs," and Liability, n. -- "the capacity for prevarication" (Ed Grimm).
The airline faces a potential £50,000 hit on the late flight, with the same liability again to passengers delayed on their way to the Hungarian capital.
If someone is injured by an animal during a flight, where does the liability fall?
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit continues to affect confidence: Wizz Air has become the second scheduled airline, after Ryanair, to put a clause in its conditions disclaiming liability for flights grounded due to Brexit after 29 March next year.
Fat stores offer protection against starvation, but are a liability in escape performance, and increase flight costs.
The agency has also reminded airlines that they cannot exclude items like computers, cameras or jewelry from their baggage liability on international flights (although these exclusions are allowed for domestic flights).
On domestic flights, airlines accept a maximum liability of $2,500 for lost luggage, but that's not a given.
Some of the excuses employed by airlines to avoid the onerous liabilities when a flight is delayed are ingenious.
Some legal systems exempt the airport owner, operator, and users from liability for low flights over neighbouring properties, noise, vibration, or other forms of disturbance, provided that all the regulations and conditions laid down for the operation and use of the airport are complied with.
