The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a judgment handed down on Thursday, 22 April, that the diversion of a flight to an airport serving the same city, town, or region does not entitle the passenger to compensation as for a cancelled flight (case C-826/19).
A passenger was claiming a lump-sum compensation of €250 from Austrian Airlines under Regulation 261/2004 on compensation and assistance to passengers for the diversion of his Vienna-Berlin flight, which landed...