COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Consumers

An airline that cancels a flight must also refund commissions received by intermediaries, says Court

Brussels, 12/09/2018 (Agence Europe)

In the event of a flight cancellation, airlines must also refund commissions paid to intermediaries when the flight tickets were purchased, as long as it was aware of these, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a judgment returned on Wednesday 12 September (case C-601/17).

One Mr Harms purchased flight tickets on the website opodo.de for a Hamburg-Faro flight with Vueling Airlines. As the flight was cancelled, he asked the airline to reimburse the sum of €1108.88 paid to...