Browsing Tag Regulation 1215/2012
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. Court of Justice rules on jurisdiction over dual claims for standard and further compensation to passengers for flight cancellation or delay
When the court of a Member State hears an action for both the standardized rights provided for by Regulation 261/2004 and compensation for further damage falling within the scope of the Montreal Convention, it must determine its jurisdiction in light of Regulation 1215/2012 and of Article 33 of that Convention. Furthermore, Article 33 governs not only the allocation of jurisdiction as between States, but also the allocation of territorial jurisdiction (venue) among the courts of each of those States.