CELEX: 62019CN0880
Language: en
Date: 2019-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-880/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 3 December 2019 — VZ and Others v Eurowings GmbH

16.3.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 87/6
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 3 December 2019 — VZ and Others v Eurowings GmbH
      (Case C-880/19)
      (2020/C 87/08)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Amtsgericht Düsseldorf
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: VZ and Others
      
         Defendant: Eurowings GmbH
      
         Questions referred
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Is Article 5(1)(c)(iii) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) to be interpreted as meaning that the re-routing referred to therein which allows the passenger to depart no more than one hour before the scheduled time of departure is to be carried out from the same airport of departure as that of the booked flight or could a departure from another airport also be considered?
               
            
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                  In the case where a departure from another airport could also be considered, is it solely decisive whether the departure takes place no more than one hour before the scheduled time of departure, irrespective of how far the passenger travels to the airport or is the difference in timing also to be taken into account in connection with the passenger’s journey to the airport?
               
            
         (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).