NELSON v DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG R (TUI TRAVEL PLC AND OTHERS) v CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

[2012] Lloyd's Rep Plus 86

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (GRAND CHAMBER)

Before V Skouris, President, K Lenaerts, Vice-President, A Tizzano, G Arestis, J Malenovský (Rapporteur), and M Berger, Presidents of Chambers, E Juhász, A Borg Barthet, J-C Bonichot, D Šváby and A Prechal, Judges,

Carriage by air (passengers) - Delay - European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 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 - Whether compensation payable in respect of delay - Whether compensation provisions incompatible with article 29 of Montreal Convention - Whether principles of legal certainty and proportionality infringed.