CELEX: 62020CN0157
Language: en
Date: 2020-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-157/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 3 April 2020 — FI v Eurowings GmbH

24.8.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 279/23
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 3 April 2020 — FI v Eurowings GmbH
      (Case C-157/20)
      (2020/C 279/32)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Landgericht Düsseldorf
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: FI
      
         Defendant: Eurowings GmbH
      
         Question referred
      
      Does a trade union organised strike by an operating air carrier’s own staff (in this case the cabin crew) constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004? (1)
      
      
         (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).