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In February 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered two decisions regarding the relevance of stopovers in connection with jurisdiction (C-20\/21<\/span><\/a>) and the scope of the Regulation 261\/2004 (C\u2011451\/20<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

In case C-20\/21, a passenger booked a flight from Warsaw to Male with a stopover in Frankfurt (single booking). The first flight leg (from Warsaw to Frankfurt) was delayed and, therefore, the passenger missed the second flight leg (from Frankfurt to Male). Subsequently, the passenger sued the airline in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

The ECJ ruled that the court in Frankfurt has no jurisdiction, because due to Frankfurt merely being a stopover, it must not be regarded as \u201cplace of performance\u201d which would be necessary to establish jurisdiction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In case C-451\/20, a passenger booked a flight from Chi\u015fin\u0103u (Moldova) to Bangkok with a stopover in Vienna (single booking). The first flight leg (from Chi\u015fin\u0103u to Vienna) was cancelled less than seven days prior to the scheduled departure and the passenger was rebooked to fly from Chi\u015fin\u0103u to Bangkok with a stopover in Istanbul. The passenger then sued the airline in Schwechat (competent court for Vienna airport).<\/p>\n

The ECJ ruled that the Regulation 261\/2004 is not applicable in this case since both the place of departure and the place of arrival are located outside the European Union<\/strong>. The fact that the planned stopover in Vienna is located inside the European Union does not lead to this case falling within the Regulation\u00b4s scope.<\/p>\n

On a side note: in case C-559\/16 the ECJ already clarified that the distance mentioned in Article 7 (1) of the Regulation 261\/2004 relates to the distance calculated between the first point of departure and the final destination. Therefore, also in this regard stopovers are not of relevance according to the ECJ.<\/p>\n

Don\u00b4t hesitate to contact our Aviation Team<\/a> to learn more about the relevance of stopovers in connection with Regulation 261\/2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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