CELEX: 62021CN0308
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-308/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca dos Açores (Portugal) lodged on 14 May 2021 — KU and Others v SATA International — Azores Airlines SA

16.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 329/11
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca dos Açores (Portugal) lodged on 14 May 2021 — KU and Others v SATA International — Azores Airlines SA
      (Case C-308/21)
      (2021/C 329/14)
      Language of the case: Portuguese
      
         Referring court
      
      Tribunal Judicial da Comarca dos Açores
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: KU, OP, GC
      
         Defendant: SATA International — Azores Airlines SA
      
         Question referred
      
      Does a delay of more than three hours to, or the cancellation of, a flight as a result of a breakdown of the supply of fuel at the airport of origin, in the case where that airport is responsible for the management of the fuel system, constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ within the meaning and for the purposes of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004?
      
         (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).