Press Release: Judgment in Joined Cases C-274/16, C-447/16 and C-448/16 flightright GmbH v Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA Roland Becker v Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd Mohamed Barkan, Souad Asbai, Assia Barkan, Zakaria Barkan, Nousaiba Barkan v Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA

An airline which operated only the first leg of a connecting flight in one Member State can be sued before the courts of the final destination in another Member State for compensation for delays.

That is the case where the different flights were part of a single booking for the entire journey and the long delay of the arrival at the final destination is due to an irregularity which took place on the first of those flights.