CELEX: 62020CN0270
Language: en
Date: 2020-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-270/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg (Austria) lodged on 18 June 2020 — AG and Others v Austrian Airlines AG

24.8.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 279/38
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg (Austria) lodged on 18 June 2020 — AG and Others v Austrian Airlines AG
      (Case C-270/20)
      (2020/C 279/51)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Landesgericht Korneuburg
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellants: AG, MG and HG, all minors and all represented for legal purposes
      
         Defendant: Austrian Airlines AG
      
         Question referred
      
      Is Article 7(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the air carrier may reduce the entitlement to compensation under Article 7(1)(b) of the Regulation also in the case where, as a result of the cancellation of the flight booked, the passengers are offered an alternative flight the scheduled time of departure and the scheduled time of arrival of which are each 11:55 hours earlier than the flight times of the cancelled flight?
      
         (1)  Regulation 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).