The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation
In many cases, commercial disputes among members of the aviation sector are still resolved by litigation rather than arbitration, even though…
Einträge von Weisenheimer
Lexology GTDT: Air Transport in Austria
We are happy to share that our aviation law team was chosen to author the chapter on Air Transport in Austria…
Air carriers can be liable for psychological injuries caused by accidents
The Montreal Convention is a multilateral treaty for the unification of several rules for international air carriage to which 136 states…
Recent CJEU decisions on the consequences of a travel agency´s actions for air carriers
In two recent decisions, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dealt with the consequences an air carrier faces…
Legal fees and no-reply email addresses
Many questions of our airline clients concern legal fees demanded by passengers and under what circumstances these fees must be paid….
The breakdown of an airport´s refueling system constitutes extraordinary circumstances
On 7 July 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that the breakdown of an airport´s refueling system constitutes extraordinary…
Strikes because of an authority´s decision constitute extraordinary circumstances
On 30 June 2022, the district court Schwechat ruled in three cases we are handling for a client that strikes of…
JusProfi Podcast mit Dominik Leiter
In Folge 33 des beliebten JusProfi Podcasts wurde unser Partner Dominik Leiter interviewt. Für alle Interessierten ist die Folge unter dem…
The relevance of stopovers in connection with the Regulation 261/2004
In February 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered two decisions regarding the relevance of stopovers in connection with jurisdiction…
New place of jurisdiction for passenger claims in Austria
As of May 1st, 2022, Austrian law provides for a new place of jurisdiction for passenger claims based on Regulation 261/2004….