CELEX: 62017CN0269
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-269/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Andreas Niemeyer v Brussels Airlines SA/NV

25.9.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 318/3
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Andreas Niemeyer v Brussels Airlines SA/NV
   (Case C-269/17)
   (2017/C 318/04)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Amtsgericht Hamburg
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Andreas Niemeyer
   
      Defendant: Brussels Airlines SA/NV
   
      Question referred
   
   Is the second sentence of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) (‘the Regulation’) to be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘distance’ relates only to the direct distance calculated between the point of departure and the last destination on the basis of the ‘great circle’ method, regardless of the distance actually flown?
   
      (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.