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Court of Justice indicates court of jurisdiction in compensation claim from passengers who suffered a delay on intra-EU journey with connecting flight

Brussels, 07/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

The courts of the final destination in an intra-EU flight with a connecting flight has the jurisdiction to make a legal decision on a request for compensation from passengers in the event of a delay in the first part of a journey carried out in another member state, according to the European Court of Justice in a decision made on Wednesday 7 March (C-274/16, C-447/16, C-448/16).

A European Court of Justice judge explained that this is the case where the different flights were part of a...