GN v ZU (as Administrator in the Insolvency of Niki Luftfahrt GmbH – Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard ØE – CJEU Case C-532/18 – 19 December 2019

Carriage by air – Montreal Convention – Passenger injured after spillage of cup of coffee placed on tray table of seat – Whether “accident” within meaning of article 17(1)

This was a request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Austrian Supreme Court concerning the interpretation of article 17(1) of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention).