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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

On January 16 the CJEU issued two judgments further interpreting Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights, in the cases flightright (C-642/23) and Qatar Airways (C-516/23).  flightright (C-642/23) A passenger booked via a tour operator a flight operated by Etihad Airways from Düsseldorf (Germany) to Brisbane (Australia), via Abu Dhabi (UAE) with an open return ticket. The flight from … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Hidden plane defects and cancelled flights – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Hidden plane defects and cancelled flights – Go Health Pro

This June the CJEU issued two judgments analysing the scope of the application of the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ exception to airlines’ scope of liability for cancelled flights, where cancellation was a consequence of a hidden plane defect.   In Finnair (C-385/23) a relatively new plane (5 months old) had a failure of a fuel gauge, which became evident … Read more

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