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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”
Air transport. The Court of Justice rules on the right of passengers to pecuniary compensation in case of cancellation of their flight due to a strike
The Court of Justice of the European Union provided interpretive guidance on the concept of «extraordinary circumstances» with regard to the case where the flight was cancelled due to a strike of the staff of the air carrier, called in solidarity with the strike launched against the parent company of the air carrier, prolonged beyond the period originally announced by the trade union, in spite of the fact that an agreement was reached in the meantime with the parent company.