CELEX: 62017CN0721
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Case C-721/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 27 December 2017 — Sebastian Vollmer, Vera Sagalov v Swiss Global Air Lines AG

9.4.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 123/8
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 27 December 2017 — Sebastian Vollmer, Vera Sagalov v Swiss Global Air Lines AG
   (Case C-721/17)
   (2018/C 123/12)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Amtsgericht Hannover
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Sebastian Vollmer, Vera Sagalov
   
      Defendant: Swiss Global Air Lines AG
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Can a right to compensation under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) also exist in the case where a passenger fails to catch a direct connecting flight due to a delay in arrival of less than three hours, 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?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Can a right to compensation under Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 also exist in the case where the different air carriers are part of the same corporate group?
            
         
      (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).