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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-385/23 that the occurrence of an unexpected and unprecedented technical failure affecting...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-405/23 that the lack of airport staff may constitute extraordinary circumstances within...

For several years, it has been crucial for individuals active in the aviation sector to be familiar with the sanctions imposed...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in case C-11/23 that the entitlement to compensation for flight cancellations stems directly from...

The Austrian Supreme Court recently issued a new ruling (4 Ob 222/22h) on the General Conditions of Carriage (GCC) of a...

In its recent rulings on cases C-474/22 and C-54/23, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified that passengers are not entitled...

On 26 October 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a new ruling on the interpretation of Articles 4 and...

In its ruling C-510/21 on 6 July 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that inadequate first aid on board...

According to Article 8 of Regulation 261/2004, passengers have the right to choose between reimbursement of the full cost of the...

According to Article 5 (3) of Regulation 261/2004, operating air carriers are not required to make compensation payments to passengers if...

The height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel bans related thereto forced numerous airlines to cancel their flights and left...

In its ruling in joined cases C-156/22 to C-158/22 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that the unexpected absence of...

The aviation sector in Europe is currently experiencing a substantial number of strikes. There are nationwide protests in France due to…

The Aviation Team of Weisenheimer Legal has recently secured a business jet operator’s right to tax-free use of aviation fuel in...

In many cases, commercial disputes among members of the aviation sector are still resolved by litigation rather than arbitration, even though...

We are happy to share that our Aviation Team was chosen to author the chapter on Air Transport in Austria in...

The Montreal Convention is a multilateral treaty for the unification of several rules for international air carriage to which 136 states…

In two recent decisions, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dealt with the consequences of a travel agency´s…

Many questions of our airline clients concern legal fees demanded by passengers and under what circumstances these fees must be paid….

On 7 July 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that the breakdown of an airport´s refueling system constitutes extraordinary…

On 30 June 2022, the district court Schwechat ruled in three cases we are handling for a client that strikes constitute…

In February 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered two decisions regarding the relevance of stopovers in connection with jurisdiction…

As of May 1st, 2022, Austrian law provides for a new place of jurisdiction for passenger claims in Austria based on…

On 21 December 2021 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered two decisions regarding the question if and under which circumstances…

In one of its rare rulings regarding the Regulation 261/2004, the Austrian Supreme Court decided in the case 4 Ob 177/21i…

The regional court Korneuburg decided in the cases 22 R 171/21h, 22 R 196/21k and 22 R 210/21v that while Article…

Over the last years, consumer protection agencies throughout the European Union have made continued efforts to prevent the use of so…