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The Court of Justice on Articles 5(1)(c) and 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 in the event of a long delay of a flight
2 November 2025
The Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment ECLI:EU:C:2025:847, dated 30 October 2025, in Case C‑558/24 – in proceedings between Corendon Airlines Turistik Hava Tasimacilik AS , an air carrier, and Myflyright GmbH, a company providing legal assistance to air passengers, concerning a claim for compensation brought on the basis of Regulation No 261/2004 following a long delay of a flight in arrival at its final destination – ruled that Article 5(1)(c) and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, must be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of postponement of the departure and arrival times of a flight, announced in advance by an air carrier and accompanied by the issue of a new booking confirmation to the passengers concerned, the duration of the delay in arrival suffered by those passengers must be determined on the basis of the originally scheduled arrival time.
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