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Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 November 2020 – SATA International – Azores Airlines
(Case C‑316/20)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights – Article 3(3) – Scope – Not included – Passengers travelling for free or at a reduced fare not available directly or indirectly to the public)
Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights – Scope – Passengers travelling for free or at a reduced fare not available directly or indirectly to the public – Not included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 261/2004, Art. 3(3))
(see paras 14-19, operative part.)
Operative part
Article 3(3) of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that that regulation does not apply to a passenger travelling on a ticket issued by an air carrier at a preferential fare in the context of a sponsorship of an event, the benefit of which is restricted to certain specific persons and the issuing of which presupposes prior individualised authorisation from that air carrier.