NEWS LINKS + JUDGEMENTS FROM EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (ECJ)

2010.05.06 ECJ RULED:
the term ‘damage’, which underpins Article 22(2) of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, that sets the limit of an air carrier’s liability for the damage resulting, inter alia, from the loss of baggage, must be interpreted as including both material and non-material damage.

2009.11.19 ECJ RULED :
FLIGHTS DELAYED MORE THAN 3 HOURS TO BE COMPENSATED ON EQUAL TERMS AS FOR A CANCELLATION.

2009.07.09 ECJ RULED :
PASSENGER CLAIMS MAY BE ISSUED TO THE REGIONAL COURT AT THE AIRPORT OF  DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL.

2008.12.22 ECJ RULED :
AN AIR CARRIER MAY NOT AS A GENERAL RULE REFUSE TO PAY COMPENSATION TO PASSENGERS FOLLOWING THE CANCELLATION OF A FLIGHT     ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN THE AIRCRAFT .

2008.07.10 ECJ RULED :
A JOURNEY OUT AND BACK CAN NOT BE REGARDED AS A SINGLE FLIGHT.

31. august 2009
Finnair to compensate for inconvenience due to strike.

Finnair lost in a case of a delay in connection with a prior strike.
Helsinki High Court compensated the claimant with the 400 Euro claim in relation to a Barcelona - Helsinki flight.
The claimant was denied boarding due to Air Finlands preference to first offer transport to passengers delayed from a previous planned flight due to a strike.
The Court judged Finnair had denied boarding for the passenger against his will and must therefore award the claimant as per the EC Regulation 261/2004.
The claimant had earlier been denied the compensation claim by a Local Court.

2005.02.15 implementation of EC Regulation No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights

IN 2012 EC REGULATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT BY TRAIN -BUS-SHIP EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED BASED UPON THE AIR PASSENGER RIGHTS EC 261/2004
 

Disclaimer : Information on this page is not legaly binding and does not present the complete text of the EC regulation no. 261/2004. It is only intended as an aid  for claiming compensation from the operating air carrier. .