Passengers are entitled to compensation even if they failed to check in and were informed of denied boarding at least 2 weeks before a flight’s departure time, said the Court of Justice of the European Union in a judgment handed down on Thursday 26 October (Case C-238/22).
A passenger asked LATAM Airlines for a lump-sum compensation of €250 for denied boarding under Regulation 261/2004 on compensation and assistance to passengers. The airline had transferred her, without warning, to a...