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Air transport. The Court of Justice rules on the concept of “bodily injury”
A psychological injury caused to a passenger by an accident, which is not linked to bodily injury within the meaning of the Montreal Convention, must be compensated in the same way as such an injury provided that the aggrieved passenger demonstrates the existence of an adverse effect on his or her psychological integrity of such gravity or intensity that it affects his or her general state of health and that it cannot be resolved without medical treatment
Connecting flights and reservation through a travel agency. The Court of Justice rules on the compensation for air passengers in the event of a long delay to a flight
The concept of a “connecting flight” covers a transport operation made up of a number of flights, operated by separate air carriers which do not have a specific legal relationship, where those flights have been combined by a travel agency which has charged an overall price and issued a single ticket for that operation
Compensation and assistance to passengers. The Court of Justice rules on the task of the national body responsible for the enforcement of Regulation 261/2004
Member States have the power to authorise the national body responsible for the enforcement of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 to compel an air carrier to pay the compensation due to passengers where an individual complaint has been made to that national body by a passenger, and provided that it is open to that passenger and that air carrier to bring proceedings before the courts
Air transport. The Court of Justice ruled that a failure of the aircraft refuelling system can be regarded as an extraordinary circumstance within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
By its judgement in Case C‑308/21, the Court of Justice ruled that, where the airport of origin of the flights or aircraft is responsible for the aircraft refuelling system, a generalised breakdown in the supply of fuel can be regarded as an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ within the meaning of article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004.