62020CJ0561_SUM
Case C‑561/20
Q and Others
v
United Airlines Inc.
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 7 April 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – 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 – Connecting flight consisting of two flight legs – Significant delay to final destination caused in the second leg of that flight linking two airports in a third country – Validity of that regulation under international law)
Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 261/2004 – Compensation and assistance to passengers – Long delay of a flight – Scope
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 261/2004, Art. 3(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 25-33)
Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 261/2004 – Compensation and assistance to passengers – Long delay of a flight – Right to compensation – Connecting flight consisting of two legs and subject to a single booking with a Community air carrier
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 261/2004, Arts 2(b), 3(1)(a), 6 and 7)
(see paragraphs 34-44, operative part 1)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Examination of the validity of a regulation in the light of customary international law
(Art. 3(5) TEU; Art. 267 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 46-51)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Examination of the validity of a regulation in the light of customary international law
(Art. 3(5) TEU; Art. 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 261/2004, Art. 3(1)(a))
(see paragraphs 53-61, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.