Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2018:399
Date: 2018-06-06
Language of the case: German

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 12 April 2017 — flightright GmbH v Iberia Express SA (Case C-186/17) Language of the case: German Referring court Landgericht Berlin Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: flightright GmbH Defendant: Iberia Express SA Question referred Can a right to compensation under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 1 also exist in the case where a passenger does not catch a directly connecting flight as a result of a relatively minor delay in arrival, with the result that there is a delay in arrival at the final destination of three hours or more, but the two flights were operated by different air carriers and the booking was made through a tour operator who carried out the booking of the entire flight journey via another air carrier? ____________ 1 Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1).