February, 2022
aviation
Flight consisting of a single booking and divided into more legs. The Court of Justice rules on the concept of “place of performance of the obligation in question”
In respect of a flight consisting of a confirmed single booking for the entire journey and divided into two or more legs on which transport is performed by separate air carriers, where a claim for compensation arises exclusively from a delay of the first leg of the journey caused by a late departure and is brought against the air carrier operating that first leg, the place of arrival for that first leg may not be classified as a “place of performance”