Dear Mr Sjoeberg,
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I refer to your email message of 20 December.
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I regret to learn of your disappointment with aircraft change on your booked flight, EK158 from Stockholm to Dubai on 01 January 2014.
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Please allow me to explain that whilst we endeavour to provide the aircraft specified in our timetable (or specified to you at the time of issue of your ticket) for your carriage, we cannot guarantee any particular aircraft will be used. We may on occasion need to change the aircraft for operational reasons.
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A review of your reservation history indicates that on 18 December, due to operational reasons, the aircraft scheduled to operate above flight has been changed to an aircraft that is configured with Business and Economy class cabins.
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We endeavor to advise our passengers of the schedule changes well in advance, should they wish to make alternative arrangements.
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I regret to learn that you were not contacted by our staff, and was informed of the change when you called our Contact Centre on 20 December.
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Mr Sjoberg, in line with our operating policy, booking references with aircraft configuration changes/schedule changes due to operational reasons are automatically placed on a message queue to be actioned by our Contact Centre staff on priority basis, depending on the date of travel. I wish to assure you that our staff would have subsequently contacted you, to advise you of this change.* I wish to clarify that the in line with the applicable fare conditions your ticket is not eligible for a class differential refund on this occasion.
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I wish to inform you that flight EK158 on 2 January is scheduled to operate with First class configuration, should you wish to travel in First Class, you can opt to amend your flight, as currently seats are available in the respective booking class.* Alternately you may request for a refund and I am pleased to waive any refund charges if applicable.
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Whilst I sincerely regret the inconvenience, regrettably we are unable to meet with your request for compensation on this occasion.
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Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to respond. We appreciate your support as a valued Silver Skywards member and look forward to welcoming you onboard our flights again.
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Yours sincerely,
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Sabeena Kakkodi
Customer Affairs