{"id":3660,"date":"2022-07-05T10:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weisenheimer.law\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T11:00:13","slug":"strikes-because-of-an-authoritys-decision-constitute-extraordinary-circumstances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weisenheimer.law\/en\/strikes-because-of-an-authoritys-decision-constitute-extraordinary-circumstances\/","title":{"rendered":"Strikes because of an authority\u00b4s decision constitute extraordinary circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 June 2022, the district court Schwechat ruled in three cases we are handling for a client that strikes constitute extraordinary circumstances if the reason for the strikes is an authority\u00b4s decision. The court argues that such strikes that are based on demands that can only be fulfilled by authorities (and not the airline itself) are beyond the airline\u00b4s control. In the cases at hand, not the airline\u00b4s employees, but the ground handling staff was striking and thereby disturbing the normal operations.<\/p>\n<p>These rulings are in line with the ECJ\u00b4s ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/liste.jsf?nat=or&amp;mat=or&amp;pcs=Oor&amp;jur=C%2CT%2CF&amp;num=C-28%252F20&amp;for=&amp;jge=&amp;dates=&amp;language=en&amp;pro=&amp;cit=none%252CC%252CCJ%252CR%252C2008E%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252Ctrue%252Cfalse%252Cfalse&amp;oqp=&amp;td=%3BALL&amp;avg=&amp;lgrec=de&amp;lg=&amp;page=1&amp;cid=7018448\">C-28\/20<\/a>, in which the ECJ mentioned: \u201c<em>If, however, such a strike originates from demands which only the public authorities can satisfy and which, accordingly, are beyond the actual control of the air carrier concerned, it is capable of constituting an \u2018extraordinary circumstance\u2019 [\u2026]\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, airlines are not obliged to pay compensation (Art 7 of Reg 261\/2004) if flights are cancelled or significantly delayed due to such strikes, provided that all reasonable measures in connection therewith are taken.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u00b4t hesitate to contact our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weisenheimer.law\/en\/team\/#MARTINA-FLITSCH\">Aviation Team<\/a> to learn more about when strikes constitute extraordinary circumstances and passenger claims in Austria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 June 2022, the district court Schwechat ruled in three cases we are handling for a client that strikes constitute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[238],"tags":[239,823,723,724,272,249,749,250,251,253,254,294,840,841,842,259,260],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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