Browsing Tag Regulation 261/2004
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
Connecting flight consisting of two legs. The Court of Justice rules on the passenger’s right to compensation from the third-country air carrier
The passenger on a connecting flight comprising two legs and subject to a single booking with a Community carrier, departing from an airport located in the territory of a Member State and arriving at an airport located in a third country via another one in that same country, is entitled to compensation from the third-country air carrier operating the entirety of that flight where he has reached the final destination with a delay of more than three hours caused in the second leg of the flight