In the event of a flight delay caused by the spillage of petrol on the take-off runway, the air carrier is not obliged to compensate passengers, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Wednesday 26 June (Case C-159/18).
This decision comes in the context of a case between Ryanair and Claim it, a company mandated by a former passenger of the airline. As his flight was delayed by four hours and twenty-three minutes, the latter sent Ryanair a request for payment of...