The Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the notion of ‘connecting flight’ within the meaning of the regulation on compensation to air passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights (261/2004), in a judgment handed down on Thursday 6 October (case C-436/21).
A German legal aid company is claiming €600 in compensation from a passenger who flew from Stuttgart to Kansas City (USA) via Zurich and then Philadelphia. The...