Case C-551/24, Deutsche Lufthansa (Assignment of a claim arising from a contract of carriage): Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Krakowie – Poland) – Deutsche Lufthansa AG v AirHelp Germany GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Second indent of Article 7(1)(b) – Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Determination of the court with jurisdiction – Contract of carriage by air concluded between a consumer and a trader – Passenger’s claim for compensation arising from a delayed flight – Assignment of that claim to a collection agency – Claim for compensation brought by the assignee against the air carrier before the court for the place of the aircraft’s departure – Place of performance of the obligation in question – Place in a Member State where, under the contract of carriage, the services were provided or should have been provided)
Date: 2025-10-09
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: air transport, branch, claim, consumer protection, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, jurisdiction, provision of services








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C/2025/6291


1.12.2025






Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 9 October 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Krakowie – Poland) – Deutsche Lufthansa AG v AirHelp Germany GmbH


(Case C-551/24,
                (1)
Deutsche Lufthansa (Assignment of a claim arising from a contract of carriage))

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 - Second indent of Article 7(1)(b) - Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract - Determination of the court with jurisdiction - Contract of carriage by air concluded between a consumer and a trader - Passenger’s claim for compensation arising from a delayed flight - Assignment of that claim to a collection agency - Claim for compensation brought by the assignee against the air carrier before the court for the place of the aircraft’s departure - Place of performance of the obligation in question - Place in a Member State where, under the contract of carriage, the services were provided or should have been provided)
(C/2025/6291)
Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Okręgowy w Krakowie

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Defendant: AirHelp Germany GmbH

Operative part of the judgment

The second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
must be interpreted as meaning that a court of one Member State has jurisdiction, in accordance with that provision, to hear a dispute relating to a claim for compensation brought against an air carrier, established on the territory of another Member State, by a company which is the assignee of a passenger’s claim arising from the performance of a contract of carriage concluded with that carrier, so long as that court is the court for the place where, under that contract, the services were provided or should have been provided.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/6913.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6291/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)