COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Consumers

According to CJEU, handling and booking of flight by a third party does not exclude passenger’s right to compensation in event of long delays

Brussels, 07/03/2025 (Agence Europe)

In its ruling of Thursday 6 March in case C-20/24, the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed that a boarding pass for a flight constitutes sufficient proof of a reservation made on a flight, even if the reservation was made through a platform other than the organiser of the flight. 

The case, originally investigated in Poland, involved two travellers who paid for a flight from Tenerife to Warsaw as part of a package tour. The travel contract was concluded with a third-party company, acting...