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

[2013] 1 Lloyds Rep. 49

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE(GRAND CHAMBER)

Before Skouris, Lenaerts, Tizzano, Arestis, Malenovskÿ (Rapporteur), Berger,, Juhász, Borg Barthet, Bonichot, Šváby, Prechal

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.